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  On the day of June 30, 2022, at approximately 1430 hours, Victim fell over the bow of his boat while the boat was in motion. Victim went under the boat and surfaced between the stern of the boat and water tube being pulled. During this time Victim sustained a severe injury to his left hand caused by anchor rope and propeller.
  
  NARRATIVE
  
  On the day of June 30th, 2022, at approximately 1430 hours, Victim fell over the bow of his boat while the boat was in motion. Victim went under the boat and surfaced between the stern of the boat and water tube being pulled. During this time Victim sustained a severe injury to his left hand caused by anchor rope and propeller. Victim was medically air lifted from the accident location to a medical center in El Paso, Texas. Carlsbad Police Department (CPD) responded to this incident.
  
  CPD conducted an investigation and will provide an agency assist report. This accident occurred heading south on Lake Carlsbad in Carlsbad, NM, at East Riverside Drive and the Railroad Bridge. Upon my arrival to the location, I, Park Ranger Supervisor of Bottomless Lakes State Park, in full uniform displaying my badge of office driving my State Park issued unit, met with Carlsbad Police Department Officer. 
  
  Officer showed me the location of the incident. Officer informed me that the boat had been taken to the home of the owner. Officer called the officer that took the report to meet with me and assist with the investigation of the boat. I met with Officer from CPD at the accident site. Officer2 showed me the location of the house. At this time, we met with owner of the residence; she informed us Victim was the owner of the boat. Victim was flown to El Paso and the family was preparing to go. Owner gave permission for to take pictures of the boat on the property. Pictures of the boat were taken.
  
  On July 5, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., I met with subject2 for a voluntary witness statement. Subject2 stated he was driving the boat. Victim was on his knees at the bow of the boat holding onto a rope connected to the boat. Subject2 was pulling water tubes with the boat and saw ducklings in the water ahead of them, slowed the boat down and looked back. At that time Victim went over the front of the boat and into the water. Subject2 put the boat in neutral and Victim surfaced behind the boat.
  
  Victim surfaced between the boat and water tubes. During this time a passenger on the tube, saw Victim and the injury when he surfaced. Subject3 pulled the rope that was connected to both tube and boat to get closer to Victim. Subject3 helped Victim onto the tube and pulled it back to the boat. Victim asked Subject3 to take him to shore. Subject3 wrapped her arms around Victim's chest and swam him to shore. Subject2 jumped in the water to assist taking victim to shore. Subject3 and Subject2 swam Victim to docks nearby.
  
  On July 6, 2022, at 8:45 a.m., I conducted a phone interview with Victim. During this interview Victim stated he was on his knees at the bow of the boat holding onto an anchor rope that was wrapped around his hand. When Subject2 slowed down, Victim's momentum threw him off the front of the boat. Victim said that he was under the boat while the rope was still around his hand.
  Victim said he thought he was going to drown. The rope let go and Victim came up out of the water behind the boat. Victim pulled his hand out of the water and saw his injury. Victim said Subject3 pulled him to shore and Subject2 helped. Victim sustained the injury to his left hand, deep lacerations to palms and amputation to his fingers. This concludes my involvement in this report.
  
  No citations were issued for this incident.