RedactedNarrative: On 8/30/22 I, CPO, conducted an interview regarding a boat accident that occurred on the Kankakee River on 8/27//22. I located the victim, Injured at his residence. Injured willingly provided a written statement. He stated that on 8/27/22 at approximately 3:00 P.M. he and several others were boating and tubing on the Kankakee River. Injured advised that after tubing he tried to get back to the boat utilizing the rear of the watercraft. The operator had the watercraft in reverse, in an attempt to get closer and pick up Injured. Injured advised that while trying to board the watercraft, the operator failed to put the watercraft in neutral and the prop of the watercraft made contact with his left calf, causing a significant laceration. Injured also advised that the ski rope got entangled in the prop after he was struck by the propeller.
   On 9/1/2022 I conducted an interview with the operator (statement attached) and a witness who was designated as the spotter, Passenger 1 (statement attached). Operator was operating a 23 FT Chapparal Sunsesta deck boat. Operator advised that he circled back eastbound on the Kankakee River to pick up a downed tuber (Injured). Operator stated "I was pulling a tuber and he fell off. I swung around to bring the tube back around and he was trying to get on and couldnt. So I went in reverse to take pressure off the tube so he could get on and then put shifter in neutral, but it stayed in gear and was going towards him without my knowledge, and before I knew it his leg was in the prop."
   The spotter, Passenger 1, advised that Injured fell off the tube and was trying to get back onto the tube. He advised that Operator circled back to get Injured and he was trying to get back onto the tube as the boat got closer too him.
  Passenger 1 advised that he yelled to have the operator turn off the boat, right as Injured jumped off the tube and was struck by the propeller. Passenger 1 yelled and told the operator to stop the boat, but Operator had the boat in reverse and was unable to get the shifter into neutral which caused the prop to collide with Injured's left calf.
   After the accident, the occupants of the watercraft loaded Injured back onto the watercraft. Passenger 3 was one of the passengers on the watercraft who is a nurse at Carle Hospital in Champaign, IL. Passenger 3 cleaned the wound with water and wrapped it in a towel.
  The occupants of the watercraft contacted EMS and Riverside ambulance responded to the scene. Injured was transported to Riverside Hospital in Kankakee where he was treated for a laceration to his left calf and released.
   Injured admitted during the interview that he had consumed alcohol duirng the trip on the river