Officers on patrol was dispatched to assist EMS for a vessel coming to the village docks with a traumatic injury. Once the boat was tied up, it was determined that one of the passengers had her right hand wrapped in a towel. The operator stated that the passenger severed thumb was wrapped in a bag. 

Investigation revealed the engine was off during the incident and just prior to the passenger entering the water off the port stern of the vessel, her right thumb got stuck in a tapered vent on the motors plastic cap.
OTSEGO LAKE
Cooperstown                   