RedactedNarrative: Operator of vessel #1 (V1) stated, in effect:  We were in Keyport Harbor wake boarding, the boat was in neutral and not moving.  Occupant was in the water behind the boat.  It is an old boat and it was difficult to tell whether the propeller was engaged or not.  I was under the impression that the motor was in neutral.  When Occupant tried to hop back into the boat, the propeller caught his leg.
   
  Vessel (V1) owner/victim stated, in effect:  We were wake boarding on the east side of Keyport Harbor near the moored sail boats.  I was in the water behind the boat.  operator was operating the boat, he put it in reverse and the propeller hit my leg.  I did not even know I was injured until I was in the boat and saw the blood.
   
  Tpr. and the undersigned responded to Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel where we spoke to the owner/victim Occupant of V1.  He was in the emergency room with a 5 to 8 inch laceration to his right thigh and received 18 stitches.  
   
  Investigation Revealed:  V1 was utilized to tow a skier/wake boarder on the East side of Keyport Harbor, Raritan Bay in Keyport Borough, Monmouth County.  V1 was underway and drifting with the outboard motor still engaged.  The owner/victim was in the water behind V1, when the propeller struck his right thigh.  The victim in the water sustained a laceration to his right thigh.  The victim from V1 was transported to Bayshore Community Hospital for medical treatment.  V1 sustained no damage.  V1 was removed to Keyport municipal ramp, where the victim's father removed it on a trailer.  (Keyport Borough Police Department initially responded to the ramp, see Keyport Incident #15-7308).