ON AUGUST 25, 2023 AT OR AROUND 02:14 PM, I INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER 1 AND LIEUTENANT 2 INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER RESPONDED TO A BOATING ACCIDENT ON CAGLES MILL LAKE. THE COMPLAINANT, OPERATOR ADVISED PUTNAM COUNTY DISPATCH THAT HIS SON, INJURED WAS INJURED, AND THEY WERE TRAVELING TO LIEBER BOAT MARINA.   
I TRAVELLED TO LIEBER BOAT MARINA AND MADE CONTACT WITH OPERATOR. HE ADVISED HIS SON WAS SKIING BEHIND HIS 1997 SYLVAN SKI BOAT WHEN HE HIT A LARGE WAKE. HE WAS THROWN FROM HIS SKIS AND WAS UNCONSCIOUS IN THE WATER. HE WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE HIS SON FROM THE WATER AND CONTACT PUTNAM COUNTY DISPATCH.   
I SPOKE WITH INJURED WHO WAS STILL WEARING A US COAST GUARD APPROVED FLOTATION DEVICE AND ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED. HE PROVIDED ME WITH THE SAME STORY OPERATOR ADVISED.  I ASKED HIM WHERE HE WAS IN PAIN, AND HE STATED ONLY IN HIS NECK. PUTNAM COUNTY EMS TRUCK ARRIVED ON SCENE AND EXAMINED HIS INJURIES. DUE TO COMPLAINT OF PAIN IN INJUREDS NECK, THEY PLACED HIM IN A NECK BRACE AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE TRUCK BY GURNEY.   
   
        ON AUGUST 30, 2023 AT OR AROUND 02:35 PM, OPERATOR CONTACTED ME AND STATED HIS SON DID NOT HAVE ANY BROKEN BONES IN HIS SPINAL CORD AND ONLY SUFFERED FROM A HERNIATED DISC. HE ADVISED NO SURGERY WAS GOING TO BE NEEDED AND HE APPRECIATED EVERYONE'S RESPONSE WITH HELPING HIS INJURED SON.   
     
I SWEAR OR AFFIRM UNDER THE PENALTIES FOR PERJURY, AS SPECIFIED BY INDIANA CODE 35-44-2-1, THAT THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS ARE TRUE AND ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.   
   
INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER 1
Cagles Mill Lake
Cloverdale                    