On July 25, 2023, I, Game Warden (GW) received information of a possible boating accident from Bryan County. The incident occurred on July 16 and was reported to Bryan County but LE was called off and only EMS arrived on scene. I got the EMS and dispatch report where I found the operators name and number. I got as much information as I could over the phone. The operator had run over his daughter after she was ejected from the vessel's bow. 

On August 5, 2023, GW went with me to the house of operator so he could fill out a witness statement and so we could see the vessel. Typed up operator's witness form follows.

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On July 16, 2023 me, my wife, son, and daughter came back to the Waterford Landing dock to drop off my son to go to work. My wife stayed with my son and my daughter and I stayed on boat to go back to sandbar. I left dock and stayed on left side of Jerrico river, close to the bank where the channel is, it was dead low tide. I got about 250-300 yards from dock and hit the edge of mud bar on left. Daughter was sitting in middle of bow and when boat hit mud bar the bow went up and tossed her up and to the right. She came down beside boat and the boat ran over her. I turned boat around in about 50 yards and came back and saw her in the water. I jumped in and picked her up and brought her back to dock. I called 911 and told them we were at Waterford Landing dock and they sent ambulance. She had cuts on her arms and thigh. EMS took her to Memorial hospital. It was a bay boat. 

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On August 11, 2023, I, GW typed up witness's statement.

Tidal Cree (VI)