RedactedNarrative: Conservation Officer has thoroughly investigated the boating incident that occurred at Saylorville Lake on 6-30-2018 at approximately 1632HRS near the area of the lake known as “Party Cove”. After talking with several passengers on board at the time of the event and reading through all the statements Officer concludes that Subject’s impairment (presumably from alcohol) and the lack of awareness of where the passengers were located at, on the rental pontoon, were the main factors in this incident.
  
  Victim sustained injuries to both of her legs from the propeller of the outboard motor. Victim was attempting to get back into the vessel at the time the incident occurred. In her statement she says that she was on the back trying to get in past the gate when she fell back into the water. This was caused by the actions from Subject who reached over the seat located in front of the steering wheel and pushed the throttle of the boat all the way down in forward gear. Victim fell into the water near the propeller where it cut across her left knee cap horizontally all the way to the bone. The propeller than hit her right thigh of her leg and left several prop marks vertically across the entire width of her thigh. She also sustained a large open wound and two smaller cuts on her right thigh from the propeller.
  
  Talking with Subject during the investigation he stated it was his fault and he was the one that injured Victim. He told me that he was the one that pushed the throttle forward. There were several witnesses on the vessel that heard operator state he pushed the throttle forward and also saw him do it. During field sobriety testing and contact operator showed and admitted impairment and a preliminary breath test showed he was over three times the legal limit at a .256 BAC.
  
  
  