RedactedNarrative: Vessel – 1996, 18' Searay Open Motorboat (Towing Inner Tube)
   
  Owner – 
  Operator –Operator1
   
  Vessel Occupants – 3 additional 
   
  Tube Occupants – 2 plus Injured Tube Occupant
   
  Injured Tube Occupant – Injured1
   
  On 07/01/2016, at about 07:47 p.m. this vessel, operated by Operator1, was cruising and towing an inner tube on Banks Lake near Hwy 155 MP 6 located near Coulee City, WA in Grant County.
             
  According to Law Enforcement, Operator1 was towing 3 adult males on an inner tube.  The vessel made a sharp turn, hitting a wave causing all 3 occupants to be ejected from the inner tube.  
   
  One of the tube occupants, Injured1, sustained a fractured right femur as a result of the accident.  He was wearing a PFD at the time of the incident.
   
  The Operator, Operator1, was cited for Failure to have a Boater Education card.
   
  1 Injury / 0 Fatalities
  Alcohol was not involved
  No vessel damage reported
  The Operator was not wearing a PFD
  The Operator did not have a mandatory Boater Education Card
  