RedactedNarrative: On 7/13/22, vessel was being operated inside of scarboro creek and was occupied by 5 individuals pulling a tube with 3 people on board.  The operator of the vessel had stopped the vessel due to the occupants of the tube falling into the water.  While the operator was waiting for the occupants of the tube to swim back, one of the occupants of the vessel entered the water.  
  
  After two of the tube riders made it back onto the tube, the operator was going to go pick up the tube rider that was still in the water.  The operator stated that he looked back at the tube and the occupants of the tube, who told him they were good to go.  
  
  The operator stated that he pushed the throttle about halfway, he then heard a scream from the water and from the other occupants of the vessel.  The operator stated that he saw the occupant that had been struck by the propeller laying in the water and the water abound him was turning a dark red color.  The occupants of the tube swam over to the injured occupant and pulled him to the boat with the tube.  The injured occupant was loaded into the vessel and brought to shore where ems was on standby.
  
  Statements collected from the operator and all uninjured occupants of the vessel noted that on one had seen the injured occupant enter the water.
  
  The injured occupant stated that when the vessel stopped due to the occupants of the tube falling off, the injured person stated they needed to use the bathroon and entered the water.  The injured occupant stated that if you were looking at the back of the boat, they entered  the water on the left side, starboard side.  The injured occupant stated he heard the motor start up and attempted to pull themselves back into the boat, but due to the boat accelerating, they were unable to do so and was pulled into the path of the propeller.  The injured occupant stated that they could not see the tube nor any of the occupants in the boat while they were in the water.
  
  The injured occupant sustained multiple deep propeller lacerations to his right foot as well as multiple deep lacerations to his left leg starting at his left foot and traveling up his leg to just above the left knee.  He has had three surgeries up to the time of this report.
  The required pfds were on board as well as being used by occupants on the tube.  Alcohol and drugs were not a factor in this incident.
  
  