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  Victim got his left leg caught in a slack ski rope and suffered a calf muscle avulsion when it went taut.
  
  NARRATIVE
  
  On. September 5, 2021, I was on patrol at Elephant Butte Lake State Park. I received a call of an injured skier around Marina Del Sur from Sierra County Regional Dispatch Authority (SCRDA). SCRDA then told me that the injured party was in the Dirt Dam area of the lake. When I arrived at the scene, I saw vessel A on shore and the victim being helped by Operator. Operator had the victim's leg wrapped in a towel and was elevating the leg. Ranger 2 arrived at the boat from the land side and immediately applied a pressure bandage over the towel. EMS, Fire, and Ambulance personnel arrived on scene shortly afterwards and took the victim to the hospital. 
  
  I examined vessel A and found nothing out of the ordinary. Vessel A was an older jet boat with California registration. There were a few drops of blood where the victim was laying. The rope was about 75 feet of 3/8" twisted nylon. The rope was attached to a two-person "D" shaped deck tube, brand name WOW Big Thriller. 
  
  Once the emergency was over, I talked with Witness. Witness stated she was waiting at the Dirt Dam no wake line to enter the open water. She watched as vessel A made a turn in some waves and the victim fell off the front of the tube, he was riding on behind Vessel A. Witness heard the rope "snap" and then saw the victim surface holding his leg. She used her whistle to signal vessel A of the injury and immediately returned to her camp to call 911. 
  
  On September 6, 2021 at about 1400 hrs. I called the victim's mother. She told me she and the victim were in the hospital in El Paso TX. The victim suffered an avulsion of the calf muscle on the left leg but most of the related tendons were still intact. The victim had surgery on 9/5/21 to reattach the muscle and related skin. The victim will need physical therapy and 2 skin grafts in the coming weeks. The victim was also present in the room with his mother. I asked them both what happenED. The victim said he was riding on a tube with his cousin, Passenger 4, when the tube hit some waves and bumped him off towards the front. When he hit the water, he felt his leg touch the tow rope and then the rope went tight, injuring his leg: He said the boat came back around and they grabbed him out of the water and went to shore. The victim and his mother thanked all the first responders. This conversation was recorded. 
  
  On September 6, 2021, at about 1425 hours I spoke with Operator. He was the operator and owner of vessel A. Operator told me he was pulling the kids from the Dirt Dam area to the open lake. He did a slight turn and the tube hit some waves created by all the other boats. When he looked back, he saw the victim in the water holding his leg and immediately went and got him from the water. Operator told me his recently purchased Vessel A and this was one of the first times he had it out on the water. This conversation was recorded. 
  
  Based on the statements I gathered and my observations of the scene, the chain of events relayed by the operator and the victim are consistent with the injury received. This was an accident. and no laws were violated.