RedactedNarrative: On sunday june 3, 2018 at around 16:15 i, indiana conservation officer, received a call from franklin county sheriffs department dispatch reference a male subject hit by a boat prop, and will be transported to bonwell boat ramp in franklin county, in.
  
  	i responded to the bonwell boat ramp on brookville reservoir and observed a boat with ems personnel at the east dock.  I approached and located the operator of the boat at the time of the accident and interviewed him.  Operator1 informed this officer that his uncle, the victim, and his daughter were being pulled by operator1 on a tube.  They fell off and he retrieved them where they wanted to continue tubing.  Operator1 added that he couldn't see them behind the boat and didn't realize they were that close to the boat when he put it in gear.  He added that he was told that victim was sucked into the motor and was cut by the prop. 
  
  	i informed operator1 that i could see open containers inside his boat, and asked if he had been drinking today, to which he replied he had earlier in the day, but not since they had been on the water.  He added that he had 1 beer, but that was 3 hours ago.  I offered a portable breath test to operator1 where he consented and registered .000 bac.
  
  	i then observed ems load up the victim into the ambulance, and was informed they were transporting him to the spillway of the brookville reservoir dam area for a helicopter to transport him to the university of cincinnati for further medical attention.  A franklin county deputy informed this officer that the victim was struck on the right hamstring just below the buttocks.
  
  	i then interviewed the daughter of the victim.  She stated they were floating, and when they went to get back into the boat she felt the propeller pulling her towards it and that's when her father was struck. 
  
  	i then interviewed the operator's son, and he informed this officer he witnessed the accident.  He stated they, the victim and his daughter, were on the tube, they fell off, swam back over to the boat where he was telling the victim to use the ladder, and he swam too close to the propeller and was sucked in.  He added he thought it was the blower not the propeller he was hearing.  I asked where he was seated at the time of the accident, and he replied the back seat closet to the rear of the boat.  He added that the victim stated he tried to pull his leg back but it just sucked him in.
  