RedactedNarrative: Details of the incident/investigation:
  On 7-8-19 at approximately 11:40 am i, indiana conservation officer responded to a boat crash on lake freeman.  White county dispatch called and advised that a juvenile was hurt on lake freeman while wake boarding.  Operator stated his daughter victim had been knee boarding on a wakeboard.  He said she was kneeling down and had leaned too far forward causing the board to go under water and it “popped up and hit her in the forehead above the nose”.  It should be noted that the wakeboard is a multipurpose board for either wakeboarding or knee boarding.  He said she was unconscious for about two minutes, but had never went under the water.  He got victim into the boat and his wife called 911.  He drove the boat to his dock and met ems there.  
  
  Victim was taken to iu white county and checked out.  When i arrived they had a helicopter ready to transport her to riley children's hospital.  I asked what he knew as he was at the hospital.  He told me that he had gotten the mother and found that victim did not have any broken bones or bleeding of the brain.  He told me that she was still going to be flown to riley children's hospital for precautionary reasons.  After victim was flown away i spoke to her parents and gave them my information and a boat operator's crash report form to fill out.  
  
  On 7-13-2019 i made contact with operator and asked him how his daughter was doing.  He told me that she had a mild concussion and needed several stitches in her forehead.  I asked him how fast he was towing victim and he said about five miles per hour.  He told me that when he saw that the wakeboard had went under water he slowed the boat down and that is when victim leaned forward and the board hit her in the face.  He said that the incident happened in white county near his house.  I asked him if he had operated the boat before pulling victim and he said yes.  I also asked if he had any formal training about boat operation and he said no that he had operated it at least 200 hours though.  I asked if victim would have any other medical issues and he said no she was fine.
  
  Based on my training and experience i believe this was an isolated incident.  The wakeboard seemed to be new and did not have any damage to it.  I also believe that the age of the juvenile was a factor in the incident.  Case closed pending approval.
  