RedactedNarrative: SYNOPSIS:
  On 23 July 2019 I was dispatched to a prop cut.  Ranger and I met the victim and his party at the south boat ramp.  The male victim was transported to Dixie Regional Medical Center via ambulance.  The vessel was a rental which was operating under the previous owner’s registration.
  
  NARRATIVE:
  On 23 July 2019 at approximately 15:40, I was dispatched to a prop cut.  Dispatch informed me that the victim was laying on his back inside the boat.  A towel had been wrapped around the wound.  I observed a very little amount of blood on the towel.  The male was in good spirits and was not in shock.
  
  VICTIM stated that he was sitting on a tube near the rear of the vessel.  He had others on board thought the motor was in neutral. As VICTIM drifted closer to the rear of the vessel he felt the pull of the prop drag his leg into the prop.  He yelled for someone to turn the motor off and it was cut off.  Others on board assisted VICTIM into the vessel and immediately applied the towel and pressure.
  
  Medical arrived and applied a bandage to the injury.  I observed a very deep laceration just to the side of the knee.  VICTIM walked off the boat and sat on a gurney on his own power.  He was then transported to Dixie Regional Medical Center via ambulance.
  
  INVESTIGATION:
  Alcohol does not appear to be a factor.  The vessel was rented by the family from The Beach at Sand Hollow.  None of the individuals are very experienced vessel operators.  I believe this was an accident and do not find fault in any one party.
  
  I observed that the vessel was registered in Arizona with Arizona bow numbers.  I requested registration and insurance information from The Bash at Sand Hollow.  The staff could not find any paperwork on the vessel, but said it was recently purchased.
  
  