RedactedNarrative: On 7/4/2019 vessel 1 operator operating a 20 foot larson legacy 20 on the waters of lake geneva. There were 9 people on board. Vessel 1 was having electrical issues and had to be jumped by the lake geneva safety patrol boat prior to the accident happening. 
  
  At approximately 3:07 p.m. the vessel was stopped and running due to the electrical problems. One of the passengers, who was hearing impaired and had taken off his hearing device, was in the water swimming near the aft end of the boat. Vessel 1 operator observed another vessel floating close to them, so he engaged the boat in reverse not knowing one of the members from the boat was swimming and struck the swimmer with the prop. 
  
  Occupants of the boat immediately yelled when they noticed the swimmer was hit. That is when the operator put the boat in neutral. Swimmer was taken by lake geneva water safety patrol back to shore where they were met by the town of linn rescue and then transported to froedtert hospital in milwaukee.
  
  The operator was detained under suspicion of owi.  Operator failed sfst’s and consented to a blood draw.  Blood was taken and will be submitted to the milwaukee crime lab.  Vessel 1 was seized, inventoried and is in storage at a dnr building.
  