STEUBEN COUNTY- Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a boat accident that occurred yesterday on Jimmerson Lake in Fremont and injured an Ohio man.
At 7:08 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a boat accident with injuries near the Nevada Mills area of the lake.
On scene, officers discovered that Randy Peters, 56, of Bryan, Ohio, was operating a hydrofoil when he lost his balance and fell off, causing his hand to strike the propellor.
Peters was transported by ambulance to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne in stable condition with a serious hand injury.
With summer underway, conservation officers remind Hoosiers to always wear their life jackets on or around water. To learn more about boating education and safety, see on.IN.gov/boatered.
