RedactedNarrative: On September 6th, 2021 at approximately 1437 hours I, Indiana Conservation Officer (ICO), was advised by Wabash Central Dispatch about a boat accident that occurred at Mississinewa Reservoir in Wabash County.  Wabash Central Dispatch advised a female was cut from a boat propeller and she was going to be transported to Red Bridge Marina.       
      
  At approximately 1445 hours I arrived on scene.  The victim was in a White Rinker boat (IN3942EH) at the docks of Red Bridge Marina.  Victim was sitting in the back right rear portion of the boat.  There were individuals surrounding Victim on the boat applying pressure with a beach towel to her right lower leg.  The beach towel was lifted off of Victim's leg and I saw a laceration on her right leg near her knee. 
    
  Victim said she was tubing with her brother.  They were done tubing and were trying to get aboard the boat.  She went to the back left portion of the boat where the ladder was located.  She started climbing the ladder when the boat moved due to rough water conditions.  She then fell off the ladder into the water towards the boat motor propeller.  She struck the propellor with her right leg.  Victim then felt pain on her leg.  It was noticed Victim had a laceration on her right leg near her kneecap.  Victim was placed in the boat and transported to the Red Bridge Marina.           
    
  At approximately 1510 hours I talked with the driver of the boat. Subject2 consented to a portable breath test (PBT).  He consented to the test and the PBT results were .000 BAC   Subject2 said he was the operator of the boat during the time of the accident.  Subject2 was pulling Victim and victim’s brother.  They fell off the tube, so Subject2 operated the boat to pick up Victim’s brother and Victim.  Subject2 said he placed the boat in neutral before Victim tried to aboard the boat.  He heard the shifter click into neutral.  He looked down at the shift and saw the shift level in the neutral position.  He said he saw Victim approximately halfway up the ladder and then she fell.  He then heard Victim screaming.  She was placed into the boat and taken to Red Bridge Marina.   
    
  Subject2 said his once he turns the key off on the boat it does not shut off right away. He said he must wait for it to run out of fuel before the engine shuts off.  There was a function test done on the neutral latch and it was in working order.   
    
  At approximately 1545 hours the white Rinker boat (IN3942EH) was trailed out of the water and I took pictures of the propeller (attached). The propeller had minor nicks in the blades.  It is to be known that the white Rinker boat was an inboard/outboard motor or also known as sterndrive.    
    
   
  Victim was transported by ambulance to Parkview Regional in Fort Wayne.  There are no criminal charges being filed.   
   The officer does not believe the propeller was spinning at the time of incident.