RedactedNarrative: On August 22, 2022, at 20:45 CST Sgt. responded to a call of an injury boat accident on Green River Lake near the Smith Ridge Boat Ramp. Upon his arrival, Campbellsville Fire and Rescue was already on scene. They advised the operator had already been removed from the scene and taken to the boat ramp where he was being airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital due to his sustained injuries. Sgt. learned the operator had run his vessel a ground flipping it which caused him to be trapped underneath. Emergency personnel advised his potential injuries involved head trauma and that alcohol maybe a contributing factor to this accident. Multiple EMS personnel and a Taylor County Sheriff’s Deputy stated the subject was intoxicated by the statements the operator was making. 
  
  Sgt. contacted Operator’s wife, Operator’s wife the next day after the boat accident. During Operator’s wife’s and Sgt.’s conversation she stated that Operator was out fishing and then went to see a friend for dinner at a campground. Sgt. then asked Operator’s wife if Operator had been drinking due to there being some open alcohol containers on the vessel. Operator’s wife stated yes, he stated he did have some beers. But she wouldn’t think he would have them in the boat but that she didn’t know because she wasn’t down there with him. Operator’s wife stated he was the only one in the vessel at the time of the accident. 
  
  Sgt. asked Operator’s wife how her husband was, and she stated he had an upper cracked rib in the back, along with fractures to his back, multiple cuts on his head, bruise on his leg but would not have any surgery. She stated he also had a small brain bleed. Operator’s wife stated when he arrived at the hospital his blood pressure was extremely low which Operator’s wife stated that he had high blood pressure and takes medication for that. She stated the hospital couldn’t get his blood pressure up and that could have caused him to black out. Operator’s wife stated that Operator didn’t remember anything after leaving the dock from his friends. Operator’s wife stated that Operator’s friend watched the whole accident and that he stated Operator left the dock and turned his lights on but then dimmed them down and took off straight across the lake and hit the bank. Operator’s wife asked Sgt. for the investigating Officer’s phone number so she could contact him. Sgt. gave her my contact number, but I never received a call from Operator’s wife. 
  
  I, Officer continued the investigation by contacting the witnesses that had contacted 911 from Pikes Ridge Campground. A witness contacted Campbellsville 911 center and stated the boat was upside down that they could hear someone moaning but could not find them. They then located the operator which was a male subject on the ground and advised that his name was Operator. The witness stated the vessel was on top of him. On Campbellsville CAD they have noted that the witness advised that the subject could be intoxicated and that he has drank about 4 hours ago. The injures the witness could see was bleeding from his head and ears. Operator stated to the witness that he was visiting friends from Pikes Ridge Campground and left there heading to Emerald Isle Marina but that he couldn’t remember anything after that. 
  
  I contacted the witness by phone, and she stated that she and a friend went to the site of the crash by Pontoon from Pikes Ridge right after they heard the vessel hit the bank. She stated Operator was trapped under the vessel and that he kept telling her that he was at Emerald Isle Marina. She advised she told him no, that he had been involved in a crash. I asked the witness if she would complete a witness statement and she stated yes. However, she has failed to contact me or email me the statement after numerous attempts of me contacting her and leaving voicemails. 
  
  I contacted another witness. Witness2 advised he was camping at Pikes Ridge campground the night of the accident and contacted Campbellsville 911. He advised they had his name and phone number on the CAD report. Witness2 gave me a written statement of what had happened before the crash. Witness2 stated they were camping at Site #1; he saw two gentlemen on the courtesy dock by the boat ramp possibly fishing. Witness2 and his wife were eating at the picnic table during that time. Shortly after dark they heard the boat parked at the courtesy dock start up.  Witness2 stated the driver of the boat accelerated away from the dock with the boat raising up and smacking the water. This happened about three times and then the boat speed away. 
  
  Witness2 stated the boat went out of sight for a minute or so, but they could still hear the motor loudly. The light on the boat then came back into sight and shortly after they heard a loud crash over on the Smith Ridge side of the lake. Witness2 stated he went to the camp site that he believed the operator had been at earlier and asked if that was their friend and asked if they contacted 911. Witness2 then contacted Campbellsville 911 center to report the crash.
  
  When I was out at the crash site the day prior it looked like Operator made a right-hand turn which this is determined by looking at the skeg of the vessel going up onto the bank. Operator was also traveling at a high rate of speed due to how far up the bank his vessel was which was about 30-40 feet into the woods from the water’s edge. Operator’s vessel had broken several trees in half, and you could see where the propeller on his vessel had worked its way up a tree before flipping upside down. 
  
  I attempted to contact Operator’s wife by the number that she contacted Sgt. from but she has not returned my calls. I have left voicemails for her to contact me back, but she hasn’t. 
  
  I also sent a subpoena for Operator’s Medical Records. On 10/26/2022, I received a disk possibly containing the medical records for Operator, however, it is password protected so I am trying to obtain a password to unlock it. I’ve reached out to the correct department to get the password; I’m just waiting on them to call me back.
  
  