RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, April 17,2016, Officers received information that a vessel had struck a submerged object in Buhlow Lake.  When we arrived on scene we made contact with the owner/operator, his 9 yr old daughter, and his 37 year old brother.  According to their statements they were cruising near the shore line on the northwest corner of Buhlow Lake when the vessel struck a submerged object throwing the two passengers to the bow where they hit their knees on the front seat and ejecting the operator.  
   
  The boat continued forward hitting the object again and then continued ahead running ashore.  Operator swam to the vessel and they motored back to the landing and secured the vessel on the trailer.  They stated that they did not know what they hit.  Initial assessment of the vessel revealed scratches and one dent/gouge to the bottom of boat(minor damage).  Photographs of the damage to the vessel were taken for evidence.  Both passengers went to the hospital for evaluation.  Their injuries consisted of scratches to their legs and knees.  On the northwest bank of the lake there is a pump house with a large rectangular concrete trough out in the water just in front and to the south of the house.  With the lakes fluctuating water levels the trough was approximately 10 inches below the surface at the time of the incident.
   
  