RedactedNarrative: On August 17, 2019 at approximately 18:05 I, Officer observed Kentucky vessel (KY 0803 UV), (Vessel 1 for future purposes), on plane traveling through the idle speed zone at Jamestown Marina headed toward the marina. I initiated my emergency equipment and made contact with Vessel 1. Operator quickly advised that a female passenger aboard had sustained a prop cut. I escorted them into the dock to see if they needed any assistance or medical treatment. When we arrived to the marina, Russell County EMS was on scene and awaiting their arrival. The female passenger was observed to have sustained a cut to her right forearm. Victim was transported by ambulance to the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, KY. 
  
  When interviewed at the marina ramp Operator stated, that Victim had been thrown off the front of Vessel 1 while underway, then went under the boat receiving a cut to her forearm. Operator stated this occurred at the mouth of Harmon Creek. I could smell the odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the vessel and both occupants. I asked Operator if he had consumed any alcohol and he affirmed that he had. Operator was wanting to leave with Victim in the ambulance but I advised that I needed additional information pertaining to the incident and that I would be conducting sobriety tests. I conducted the horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) test in which Operator showed 6 clues of impairment. Operator refused all other standard field sobriety tests. Operator was placed under arrest for Boating Under the Influence 1st Offense (BUI) and transported to the Russell County Detention Center. Operator refused to give a breath sample at the jail. I contacted the Russell County, County Attorney, to obtain a search warrant for a blood test. He instructed that due to the nature of the incident it would not be necessary to obtain the blood of Operator stating; his refusal of a breath sample would be sufficient evidence for court purposes. 
  
  After clearing the detention center, I traveled to the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, KY to obtain a statement from Victim. Victim gave a statement similar to the one provided by Operator. She stated, the boat was underway and Operator was taking a picture of her. Operator was at full throttle and then throttled back unexpectedly causing her to lose her balance and fall over the front of the boat.  Victim stated, she tried to swim downward because she was aware of the prop traveling over top of her. She also stated that once she reached the back of the boat was when the prop and her right forearm came into contact with one another. Victim received 14 stitches to her right arm and was awaiting the arrival of her mother to leave the hospital. 
  
  Operator refused to give a witness statement and Victim's witness statement is attached in the attachments.
  
  
  