RedactedNarrative: On Friday, June 26, 2015, at approximately 1300 hours, Lake Mead NRA Interagency Communications Center advised rangers of a boat accident with injuries on Lake Mead, near Promontory Point. 
  
  The involved vessel was located on the shore near Promontory Point. The victim was aboard the vessel with makeshift bandages on his lacerated legs. Blood was present on the boat''s deck.
  
  The victim had sustained multiple lacerations to both legs and a partial amputation of one of his big toes.
  
  The statements indicated that the boat had been in neutral and was adrift when the victim jumped into the water. The victim had been swimming around, and underneath the boat. The boats occupants yelled for the victim by calling his name. The victim did not respond to the other occupants calling his name. The operator put the boat in gear, pulled forward, and turned to the vessel''s port side. The victim was impacted by the spinning propeller, which caused his injuries. A Type IV throwable PFD was thrown to the victim and he was assisted aboard the vessel.
  
  The accident was a result of the victim swimming around the boat, and possibly playing a prank on the boat''s other occupants. The victim had been hiding underneath of the vessel and did not respond to his name being called by the other occupants. More operator experience could also have prevented this accident. Had the operator trimmed the boat''s motor up and reversed the vessel, instead of powering forward, the victim and propeller may not have collided.
  
  The vessel was not operational due to the victim’s clothing being wrapped around the propeller.