ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 2009, I WAS DISPATCHED TO A BOATING INCIDENT ON CROOKED RIVER NEAR HARRIETT'S BLUFF.  WHILE IN ROUTE TO THE INCIDENT, I LEARNED THAT A FEMALE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE SHAND'S TRAUMA CENTER IN JACKSONVILLE FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES RECEIVED DURING A PWC INCIDENT.  UPON ARRIVAL I MET WITH THE OPERATOR OF THE PWC AND IDENTIFIED HER.  AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE OPERATOR, I LEARNED THAT WHILE SHE WAS OPERATING THE PWC ON THE CROOKED RIVER NEAR A PRIVATE DOCK, OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPRAY SOME FRIENDS NEAR THE DOCK WITH THE PWC AND STRUCK ONE OF THE SWIMMERS WITH THE PWC.  THE victim WAS FLOATING ON AN INNER TUBE WHICH WAS TETHERED TO THE DOCK.  AS OPERATOR APPROACHED THE DOCK SHE REALIZED SHE WAS ABOUT TO STRIKE THE victim AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE PWC AND WAS UNABLE TO AVOID STIKING THE victim.  OPERATOR ADVISED ME THAT SHE WAS APPROACHING THE DOCK AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 15MPH AND THAT SHE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 FEET FROM THE DOCK WHEN SHE STRUCK THE victim.  THE victim WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE OPERATOR AND WITNESSES.  AFTER OBTAINING STATEMENTS FROM THE OPERATOR AND WITNESSES I ISSUED OPERATOR A CITATION FOR VIOLATION OF CODE SECTION 52-7-8.2(j).  I LATER SPOKE WITH BOYFRIEND OF THE victim BY TELEPHONE AND LEARNED THAT victim HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM SHAND'S TRAUMA CENTER WITH MINOR INJURIES.  ON MONDAY, October 12, 2009, I MET WITH boyfriend and victim at victim’s RESIDENCE IN YULEE, FLA.  STATEMENTS WERE OBTAINED FROM BOTH SUBJECTS AND ADDED TO CASE FILE.
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