RedactedNarrative: On July 16th, 2016 at approximately 1518 deputies received a call for service regarding a possible boat accident on Hauser Lake. We were informed by Central dispatch that the boat had an injured person on board and that they were docked at the Hauser lake boat launch waiting for medical personnel.
   Upon arriving on scene, Deputies who informed us of the situation and passed along the occupants, operators and victim’s information. He also gave us a description as to what he was told happened on the vessel that led to the injury. Dep. 1 showed us to a blue and white Blue Water runabout (WN8014ND) where the operator and witnesses were sitting. (V) Victim was receiving medical attention for knee misalignment, dislocation and pains. Victim was the only injury from the boat crash.
   After medical took Victim to Kootenai Health, Dep. 2 proceeded to conduct a safety inspection on the vessel owned by operator. 
  While Dep2 conducted the vessel inspection, I talked to Operator to get a statement of what occurred. According to Operator, the vessel was driving at approximately 25 MPH with Victim water skiing behind the boat. Victim attempted to drop one ski and was unable to successfully do so, catching the ski and twisting her leg at the knee while collapsing into the water. Upon recovering Victim from the water, Victim was complaining of severe knee and leg pain. 
  The first witness in the vessel, (w), described the same statement stating that Victim appeared to catch her ski, twisting her leg and falling into the water. 
  Deputy 2 and I went to Kootenai Health to check on Victim and to get a statement from her and her husband. Schindler was sedated and was unable to give a statement about the incident. The final witness (W), husband of the victim, stated that the statement from the prior two witnesses is accurate to what he saw. He stated that doctors believed Victim’s knee to be dislocated and that she would make a full recovery with rest time.
  Based on the evidence we received, along with the statements from the witnesses, Dep. 2 and I believe that Victim was water skiing behind the boat when she tried to drop one water ski and proceed to slalom ski. The ski wouldn’t drop and it caught the wake causing her to fall, which resulted in the knee misalignment and dislocation she received. Dep. 2 and I have concluded at this time that this was an unavoidable accident. At this time no citations or further actions were taken.