On November 28, 2011 at approximately 1:00am a serious injury/fatal boating accident occurred in the ICW behind the Diplomat Hotel which is located at 3555 S Ocean Drive Hollywood, FL.  This accident is still under investigation but the evidence is consistent with Operator being the operator of the vessel and Occupant being the passenger.  The vessel, a 1997 25 foot Hydra Sport, will here and after be referred to as V-1.  

V-1 was heading southbound in the ICW at a high rate of speed in an idle speed/no wake Broward County boating safety zone.  According to surveillance video footage captured by the Diplomat Hotel, V-1 enters the ICW that runs behind the Diplomat Mall at a high rate of speed at 1:00:55am.  V-1 then makes a sharp turn to starboard and heads directly for a seawall on the west side of the ICW.  V-1 impacts the west seawall, ejecting Occupant.  V-1 then continues eastbound where it impacts another seawall on the east side of the ICW with Operator still onboard. V-1 then heads northbound and impacts a dock behind the Diplomat Mall with Operator still onboard.  Lastly, V-1 makes 10 starboard revolutions in front of the Diplomat Mall dock before the anchor line entangled itself around both propellers finally disabling the vessel.  During the 10 starboard revolutions you can clearly see on the Diplomat surveillance video that V-1 is un-manned.  

Hallandale Fire Rescue arrived at the west seawall at 1:10am and transported Occupant to Hollywood Memorial Regional Hospital.  

Hollywood Fire Rescue arrived at 3555 S Ocean Drive Hollywood, FL at 1:13am.  Hollywood FR had to extricate Operator from the hull of V-1 where he had been lodged during the multiple impacts.  Operator was then transported to Hollywood Memorial Regional Hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 2:35am as a result of his injuries.  Operator had lacerations and blunt force trauma to the head.  Drowning could also be a possible secondary cause of death.  The medical examiner's report is not ready at this time. 
OCCUPANT:Occupant was ejected from the vessel during the first impact with the seawall.  Occupant's injuries include a shattered pelvis and ruptured bladder.  Occupant was admitted to Hollywood Memorial Regional Hospital and has undergone several surgeries to repair the injuries.
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