RedactedNarrative: On July 5, 2018 at approximately 10:00 am, I was dispatched to a boating accident. Dispatched advised a fifteen-year-old boy was struck by a boat propeller while being pulled on a tube. Dispatched also advised that it occurred the day prior, on July 4, 2018, at approximately 4:00 pm on Lake Roy in Winter Haven, FL. Dispatch also said the fifteen-year-old that was injured was taken to Winter Haven Hospital and released on July 4, 2018. 
  
  I called the complainant to gather more details. He told me that his son was tubing on Lake Roy yesterday with friends and was run over by the boat and the boat’s propeller struck his son in the arm.
  The complainant recollection of the accident:
  The son said that they all took turns riding on the three-person tube towed by boat. The son said the operator was the one operating the boat while towing the tube behind his boat, while everyone else took turns riding on the tube. The son said someone suggested that all three of the boys should ride on the tube while all three of the girls ride in the boat. The son said an occupant begged the operator to allow her to operate the boat, which he agreed.  The son said all three boys were riding on the tube for a few minutes and The Operator was taking really sharp turns. He said they all yelled at her to stop taking sharp turns. The son said at some point The Operator slowed the boat down, which then caused slack in the line. He said she then took a sharp, almost 180 degrees turn to the left, and the boat came directly at the tube head one. The son said he jumped off the tube and covered his head with his arms. He said he thought the bottom of the boat hit his arm, and then he saw his hand and arm were cut. The son said he swam 25-30 yards to the boat, got on and an occupant drove the boat to another occupant’s dock. He said he wrapped his hand and arm in a t-shirt and a dad drove them to the hospital. 
  
  The Operator recollection of accident:
  The Operator was on the boat tubing with her friends. She said they were taking turns on the tube while the original operator was operating the boat. Someone suggested that the original operator ride on the tube with two people. The Operator said she was the only one that the original operator trusted to operate the boat. While towing the tube with the boys on it, she was going fast and then slow which would make the rope tight then loose. The Operator said somehow the tube ended up in front of the boat. She said she was going max speed and it was too late to slow down and cut the motor.
  
  I asked The Operator if she had a boating safety identification card or had completed any boating safety classes, she said she did not. The Operator said the only experience she has with a boat was earlier in the day the original operator showed her how to operate the boat and allowed her to operate the boat for a few minutes.