RedactedNarrative: On June 30, 2017 at approximately 1733 USACOE was contacted regarding a PWC stuck in the mud flats. V2  was navigating to the north end of the Saylorville Lake when she passed the buoys that state "no boat traffic allowed due to shallow water conditions. 
  
  V2 Operator stated she thought they were marking hazard areas and that she had navigated up to the end of the lake in past years with no problem. V2 Operated stated that once she let off the gas, the PWC became stuck.  
  
  V1 Operator was trying to yell at her to not go up into the shallow water but she couldn't hear him. V1 navigated his PWC up to where V2 was stuck and told her to get onto his PWC and navigate her way out of the shallow water area while he tried to get her jet ski unstuck.  
  
  V2 then navigated her way back to the Lincoln Access Boat ramp & asked a man @ the ramp to help her as she was worried about her husband being stuck in the shallow mud flats. The man & the victims wife both got on V1 & started back up to the flats.  Due to the extra weight, V1 was not able to reach V2. V2 was now unstuck & was traveling about 30 mph when he grounded the PWC again. 
  
  Operator was ejected over the steering controls and his face struck the front  of the PWC. He landed on his back in the water.  USACOE Ranger transported the victim to the buoy line where DNR Seasonal Water Patrol Officers transported the victim to the Lincoln Access Boat Ramp where he was taken by ambulance to the hospital.  Both individuals were wearing life jackets.
  