RedactedNarrative: Conservation officer on 6-29-2019 at approximately 11:23 p.m by mahaska county dispatch and was advised of a boating accident at lanphier landing with injuries.  Arriving on scene. At this time i was informed that everyone was accounted for and injured parties were en route to mahaska county hospital. 
  
  At this time i made contact with operator. Operator stated to me that he was the operator of the vessel and that they were on their way back from the sand plant to eveland access to where the boat trailer was parked. Operator also stated that he was traveling with a group of 3 other boats downstream from the sand plant, when they neared lanphier landing the boats passed operator's vessel and he stated they ran into foggy situation on the river.  His sight was more impaired so he went to a standing position thinking that he might be able to see better. 
  
  Operator also stated that he thought that he was making the corner on the river when they hit the river bank. During the conversation with operator officer could smell a odor of alcohol beverage omitting from his person and his breath when he spoke. Officer asked if he had any alcohol beverages this evening & he stated that he had 4 to 6 beer while his time at the sand plant. I then asked operator how long they were at the sand plant he stated that they arrived at the plant some time between 4 and 6 p.m. That evening and departing shortly be for the incident. At this time trooper conducted standardized field sobriety tests on operator. During this time officer went to the vessel and observed that there were both empty and full cans of beer in the boat and that the front of the boat was pushed up at a 90 degree angle to the rest of the boat. Officer also took a few photos of the boat while  was there. 
  
  Officer then came into contact with subject2 and she was able to inform him of the person on boat the boat and also she stated to me that when they hit the bank her two boys fell on top of her in the boat. Officer then went and talked to trooper where he informed officer of his finding on his field sobriety tests and pbt results. At this time officer informed operator that he would not be placed under arrest and asked him if he had a person that could drive him out of there. He stated that subject2 could drive him. At approximately 12:32 a.m. Officer cleared from lanphier land and was en route to mahaska county hospital to speak with the other persons involved. 
  
  At approximately 1:00 a.m. Officer arrived at mahaska county hospital to talk with the persons that were transported to the hospital. Officer first talked to subject3 and asked her what happened. She stated to officer  that she was riding in the front of the boat with subject4 on her lap when the boat hit what she believed to the river bank and this is when she and subject4 was ejected from the vessel and landed in the water then going under the boat until she resurfaced at the back of the boat still holding on to subject4. She continued and  stated that subject4 had his life jacket on him the entire time however she did not have a life jacket on and she believed that her leg was cut by the propeller on the boat while she went under the boat. 
  
  Officer then talked to subject5 asking him what happened. Subject5 stated to officer that he was seated next to the driver in the boat and they were traveling down stream when they hit something that ejected subject3 from the boat. Subject5 stated that once he noticed this he then went into the water to retrieve subject3 and subject4. Subject5 retrieved them and got them to shore. Subject5 stated that he was not wearing a life jacket in the boat. Officer talked to subject6. Officer asked subject6 what happened she stated  that she was riding on the front of the boat facing towards the motor when they hit something ejecting her out of the boat where she came to rest on land. Subject6 also stated that she was not wearing her life jacket in the boat. 
  
  Officer asked subject7 what happened she stated that she was riding on the front of the boat with subject6 also facing backwards when the boat hit what she believed to be the river bank and this is when she was ejected from the boat and came to rest on land. Subject7 stated that she was not wearing her life jacket in the boat either. Subject2 was in the room so officer asked if she would be willing to fill out a statement, which she did. 
  
  Officer made contact with operator in the hallway of the emergency room and asked him if he would be willing to fill out a statement of what happened. Operator  wrote out a statement and while he was writing out his statement officer observed that there were cuts, bumps and a bruise on his left shoulder. When  asked, operator stated that they occurred in the accident. Officer asked if there were any safety equipment in the boat and he said there were 5 life jackets, a type 4 throw able, and a good fire extinguisher. Operator also stated that he was not wearing his life jacket in the boat and that he had approximately 6 beers while anchored in the sand plant, stating that they arrived at the sand plant between 4 to 6 p.m. That evening with it being closer to 6. Officer asked what he did once they hit the river bank? He stated that he remained in the boat when it hit and then started helping people at the scene. Operator also stated that he had no formal vessel operation training. Operator thought that he had approximately 120 hours of operation on the des moines river per year for the past 10 years. Officer asked operator to come to his truck where officer issued  a citation for negligent operation of a vessel under the influence of alcohol and gave him seizure paperwork for his vessel. Officer then asked operator  if he could use the boat trailer to get the boat out of the river & he said yes and that it was hooked up to his blue chevy truck located at the eveland access boat ramp. At approximately 2:49 a.m. Officer arrived at eveland access boat ramp and located operator's boat trailer and then hooked the trailer to his truck. Officer then pulled the trailer to the secure area and left if for the night. On 6-30-19 officer returned to landphier landing and retrieved the vessel from the water and placed it on the trailer which he then placed the boat and trailer in the secure area for safe keeping.
  