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  Called out to investigate vessel accident resulting in limb amputation to juvenile male.  Injured male was treated at Bullfrog Clinic and then transported via plane to Phoenix Children's Hospital for further care.  Accident was a grounding of vessel after dark which resulted in the ejection of 3 juvenile males who were riding in the bow of the vessel.  Two of these received no reported injuries and the third received traumatic injuries.
  
  I spoke with OPERATOR and asked him to give me a brief description of what had occurred.  He stated that they had hit a sand bar or something driving back to Bullfrog in the dark approximately 30 minutes prior to the current time (current time was 2200 hours making approximate time of accident at 2130 hours).  
  
  He stated that all three of the boys were riding in the bow of the boat at that time with Victim1 riding in the center of the bow.  When the vessel struck the obstruction OPERATOR stated that all three boys were ejected from the boat and the boat kept going over and past whatever they had hit.  He stated he heard screaming behind him and backed the boat up some and then turned it off and jumped in and grabbed Victim1.  He stated he then drove the boat directly to the police boat dock to get help.  
  
  I asked OPERATOR if the vessel was his and he stated it was not and that he had rented it in Big Water Utah.  In speaking with OPERATOR I found he seemed very coherent when I got him to focus on telling me facts of what had happened and I did not observe an odor of alcohol coming from his person.
  
  At this time I spent the next approximately 30 minutes trying to calm OPERATOR and give him positive updates on his son Victim1.  OPERATOR informed me that Victim1 was 7 years old.  Ranger  informed me that Victim1 had a complete amputation of a leg/foot which was missing and an amputation of an arm which was still present.  I asked if the medical personnel would like me to attempt to find the missing leg/foot as I believed I knew what obstruction OPERATOR's vessel had struck from his description of where he was heading and where he thought he was when he struck something.  I was told if I could find it before the Air Medical units that were in route left with Victim1 it would be helpful.
  
  We searched around the small island that I believed to be the obstruction the OPERATOR vessel had struck and then the shoreline down wind from the island. We were unable to to locate the amputated limb and returned to the docks.
  
  At the docks I observed OPERATOR'S vessel tied to our patrol dock. It had a large amount of blood visible, especially on the rear of the vessel where they had brought Victim1 back into the boat after he sustained his injuries. I opened the glove box and removed the vessel registration card and insurance documents for my investigation. I also noticed a large white cooler adjacent to the driver and front passenger seats. I opened the lid on this cooler and observed various food items as well as a few unopened bottles of beer. I observed an empty red plastic cup beneath the steering wheel that had no odor of alcohol. I also observed a built in cooler underneath the port side rear seat that was filled with sprites, coors light, and Michelob ultra. I took photos of the vessel and it's interior (attached). I noticed the white light poll for the 360 degree light was plugged into the appropriate receptacle and the shaft of the pole was now broken with the pole laying forward on the boat indicating forward momentum had been suddenly stopped to cause that damage. With the light pole being taken out of it's normal storage area and plugged in I believe this to be a good indication that OPERATOR was appropriately using the vessel's navigation lights prior to the accident.
  
  When I returned to the clinic Victim1 had been flown out via fixed wing aircraft in route to Phoenix Children's Hospital. I spoke to the clinic medical staff and asked for clarification on the injuries Victim1 had sustained. I was told the most significant injuries were: amputation of the right leg, amputation of the right arm, laceration to the face to the bone, laceration to the neck, laceration to the back. 
  
  I then re-contacted OPERATOR and found that he had calmed down significantly. I had him enter an office with me away from the other two boys  so that I could interview him. I asked him to fill out a witness statement for me but he stated he could not without his reading glasses which he did not have with him. I told him that was fine and that I would just ask him questions and take notes. I began this interview at approximately 0015 hours on 7/25/16. I asked OPERATOR to take me through the events of the entire day step by step. 
  
  