On july 1st, 2023, at approximately 5:40 pm, i, wisconsin conservation warden was notified via work phone of a boat accident that occurred at approximately 5:28 pm on the waters of green bay in brown county, wisconsin. I was on duty dressed in my conservation warden uniform with my badge and patches properly displayed. I was working up in door county, wisconsin with warden when i received the phone call.

I did not respond to the accident and conducted follow up interviews for the boat accident. The accident was not fatal and the victim sustained leg injuries from falling over the front of the pontoon (through the front door) and then went underneath the pontoon. The victim ended up with propeller lacerations to both of his legs and a shoulder injury (broken bone).

I was able to speak with the victim in person at the hospital. I was only able to get in contact via phone with 3 other occupants that were on the pontoon because nobody wanted to provide me with other occupants names or phone numbers. 

Throughout the investigation, i was advised that there were a total of 7 occupants on the pontoon. I spoke with 4 out of 7 total occupants on the boat. The others would not reach out to me. Warden and i made multiple attempts to advise the operator we needed to speak with him about the boat accident and that he would need to submit a boat accident report. 

He never reached out to us. From speaking with the occupants on the boat that i was able to contact, i did not receive any concerning or conflicting stories of what occurred with the accident. I was informed the victim was near the front of the boat and ended up falling over the front of the pontoon through the front door and the pontoon went over the top of him when he hit the water. No dnr record of a boat accident report submitted from the operator.
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