RedactedNarrative: This report summarizes a single vessel personal injury boat accident (injuries beyond first aid) which occurred on 05/23/2020, at approximately 1615 hours. The boat accident occurred on Spoon Lake at Oak Run, Dahinda, IL in Knox County. The accident location was approximately 500 yards Northeast of the Lakeview Boat Launch. The vessel had a total of 7 people onboard at the time of the accident, 5 adults and 2 children under the age of 13. The children under 13 were reported to be wearing PFDs while onboard the vessel. 
  
       The male operator of the vessel (Unit 1) was traveling southeast at cruising speed when an occupant’s hat blew from the vessel into the lake. The operator reduced the vessel speed and stated he had placed the outboard engine into neutral. 
  
  As the vessel was coming down from cruising speed a female occupant (Victim) departed the vessel voluntarily to retrieve the hat from the water. Victim jumped from the aft of the vessel on the port side (no PFD worn) and was struck on her left thigh and right lower leg by the outboard engine propeller upon entry to the water. Victim was struggling to keep her head above water and yelled for help. A male occupant then departed the vessel (no PFD worn) and swam to Victim''s location to assist her.
  
      A passing boater observed the two subjects under distress in the water and threw them a rope from the bow of his pontoon boat. Subject1 was able to hold onto Victim and grab the rope from Good Samaritan''s vessel. Good Samaritan then pulled both subjects to the bow of his boat and loaded Victim on the bow of his vessel for transport to Lakeview boat launch. Good Samaritan applied a makeshift tourniquet to Victim''s most severe laceration (left thigh) and applied pressure to the wound using towels during the transport to shore. Subject1 returned to the vessel he had departed from for transport back to shore.
  
      Once back at Lakeview Boat Launch area, bystanders with emergency medical knowledge treated the victim until Galesburg Hospital Ambulance Service personnel arrived on scene at 1646 hours. At approximately 1652 hours the victim (Victim) was transported to OSF Medical Center in Peoria and arrived at the emergency room at 1735 hours. The victim was admitted to the hospital for treatment of her injuries. Victim sustained a major laceration to her left thigh and two smaller lacerations to her lower right leg. Victim is reported to be discharged on 05/29/2020. 
  
       All required boat safety equipment was present at time of inspection, impairment was not a factor, no enforcement action. End of report.
  