ON JULY 25, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1108 HOURS, GLEN CANYON DISPATCH WAS ADVISED OF A MEDICAL OCCURING IN LAST CHANCE BAY BY KANE COUNTY DISPATCH. HOWEVER, THIS ADVISEMENT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A COURTESY AS KANE COUNTY DISPATCH HAD ALREADY LAUNCHED A CLASSIC AIR MEDICAL WITHOUT ANY GLEN CANYON INPUT. THE PATIENT, SUFFERING DEEP LACERATIONS TO HER RIGHT LEG WAS FLOWN TO A HOSPITAL IN ST. GEORGE, UT.
AT APPROXIMATELY 1312 HOURS, A PARTY ON SCENE NOTIFIED GLEN CANYON DISPATCH THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS A SKI BOAT ATTEMPTED TO PULL A HOUSEBOAT FROM A SHALLOW SHELF WHERE IT HAD RUN AGROUND. 

I PARK RANGER CONTACTED THE REPORTING PARTIES TO FOLLOW UP ON THE VESSEL ACCIDENT. GIVEN THAT THEIR HOUSEBOAT WAS STILL BEACHED, I ASSISTED THEM IN CONTACTING ANTEPOLE POIT EXECTUVE SERVICES. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO EMAIL O1 A COPY OF THE NPS BOAT ACCIDENT REPORT FORM, WHICH HE FILLED OUT TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY. ON JULY 26, 2023 THE HOUSEBOAT "SWEET ESCAPE" WAS ASSISTED AND WAS REMOVED FROM THE SHELF IT HAD BEEN STRANDED ON. 
O1 STATED THAT HIS HOUSEBOAT WAS STUCK ON THE BEACH SO THEY HOOLED A TOW ROPE TO THE MALIBU AND ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE BOAT. O1 STATED THAT THE CARABINER BROKE OFF THE  MALIBU AT FULL TENSION WHICH SENT THE ROPE AND CARABINER FLYING TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSEBOAT. THE ROPE STRUCK A PASSENGER STANDING ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSEBOAT AND TOOK A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLESH OFF HER LEG.  PICKTURE AND DIAGRAM ARE AVALABLE WITH NPS. O1 WAS UNSURE WHETHER THE PASSENGER HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE ROPE OR THE CARABINER BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EITHER BOAT.
END OF REPORT.
Lake Powell
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