RedactedNarrative: On july 3, at approximately 1130, i responded to 2288 sullivan court near monticello for a female subject who was injured by a boat.  When i arrived on scene, the female victim, was being treated by paramedics with the monticello fire department.  She was laying on her stomach across the back of the boat.  It appeared that she had suffered a large laceration to her lower back.  I spoke to the victims husband, briefly as he was very shook up and worried about his wife.  I was able to gain his name, dob and the name and dob of the victim from him.  I then spoke to the operator of the boat. 
  
   Operator was hard of hearing and did not have his hearing aids in so it was difficult to talk to him at this particular time.  He stated that he had taken his hearing aids out and they were still in the boat.  I advised him that once the medics were done in the boat, he could get his hearing aids and we would continue our conversation.  I then assisted with transporting the victim from the boat to the cot so she could be transported to the hospital by ambulance.  The paramedics advised me that they had already requested a helicopter to meet them at the hospital and that the victim would most likely be flown to an indianapolis hospital for treatment of her injuries.
  
       i then went back to the boat where operator had been able to put his hearing aids in.  I asked him to explain to me what had happened that morning.  Operator stated that he was boating with his family, his daughter, the victim, her husband and their two daughters, operator's grand daughters.  He stated that they had anchored the boat so that everyone could get into the water and swim.  At this time, everyone was in the water except for operator and one granddaughter, they were still in the boat.  He advised that the anchor was not holding well and the boat was drifting towards the shoreline.  Operator advised that he was just going to slowly back the boat away from shore.  He advised that he told the rest of the family members to get onto a ski tube that he had attached to the boat.  Operator advised that he looked back and saw everyone was on the tube so he started to back the boat away from the shoreline.  
  
  He advised that he felt a large thud while backing the boat up and thought that maybe he had wrapped the rope for the tube into his prop.  He advised that he turned around and realized that he had struck his daughter in the back with the prop of the boat.  They were able to get victim back up into the boat, along with the rest of the family.  They tried contacting 911 for assistance but their cell phone kept dropping the call.  He advised that is when they drove up to the address on to get help.  I asked operator if he had been consuming any alcohol and he stated that he had not.  He consented to a pbt which showed a bac reading of 0.00. 
  
       operator advised that he had launched his boat from lake shafer boat rental and marina.  I told him that i would meet him at that location and assist him with getting his boat loaded back onto the trailer.  The owner of the marina helped us get the boat loaded.  I advised operator that his daughter was probably no longer at iu white memorial hospital but that i would have him follow me there to confirm exactly where his daughter had been flown for treatment.  We arrived at the hospital and we were advised that victim had been flown to iu methodist hospital in indianapolis.
  
       on july 9th, i was able to speak with both victim and husband via phone.  They were still at the hospital in indianapolis when i spoke to them.  They were able to confirm the events that operator had also explained to me on the day of the incident.  Victim did state that she was on the tube prior to operator backing the boat up.  She was not sure if it was a wave or what exactly caused her to fall off of the tube as operator was backing up.  She then stated that she was struck in the back by the prop and pulled underwater for a few seconds.  She was then assisted into the boat and was taken to the address on sullivan court.  Victim stated that she has had 3 surgeries to close the laceration to her back.