DELAWARE COUNTY, Iowa – Iowa DNR officials report that at around 7:30-p.m. Sunday (July 26), DNR Conservation Officer Dakota Drish responded to a personal injury accident involving a water craft (PWC) on Lake Delhi. Authorities say Gavin Cooper, of Monticello, was operating the PWC, when he hit a wave. The impact caused Cooper’s face to hit the handlebars causing facial injuries. The impact also knocked him off of the PWC, landing face down and unconscious in the water. He was rescued by nearby witnesses and pulled from the water.

Cooper was wearing a life jacket. He was transported to a Manchester hospital for treatment of his injuries. The Iowa DNR continues to investigate and was assisted by the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office in response.