On September 8th 2012 at approximately 1440hrs, I was dispatched to a boating accident with injuries at the Castaways marina dock at the end of Love St in Jupiter, FL.  I responded and arrived at approximately 1450 hrs.  Upon my arrival Jupiter PD was on scene as well as Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.  Fire rescue was attending to a woman on a stretcher (injured party/occupant1). Jupiter PD interviewed the vessel operator/owner and advised me, Occupant was not injured in the accident but was possibly suffering from a case of the bends from diving deep and resurfacing too fast.  I interviewed the operator/owner of V1 and his story matched what Jupiter PD told me from their interview.  I identified the owner/operator of V1. Operator does not have insurance on his vessel.  Operator's vessel is a commercial fishing vessel but was not commercially fishing on September 8th 2012.  Operator told me he and Occupant were the only occupants onboard the vessel and were diving for lobster recreationally offshore 5 miles East of the Juno Pier.  Occupant was alone on her second dive of the day, she resurfaced, boarded the vessel with no issues but then began complaining to Operator about not feeling good and started going in and out of consciousness. Operator said he proceeded to rush back into the inlet where he attempted to dock his vessel at the Castaways marina fuel docks.  Operator said he was in a hurry to get back in and seek help and while in his rush, struck the second to most easterly piling on the dock with the bow of his vessel.  Operator's vessel did not sustain any damage in the accident.  Operator was issued a warning for careless/ reckless operation of a vessel.  USCG Rules 5 "LOOK-OUT"and  6 "SAFE SPEED" also contributed to the accident.  Occupant did not sustain any injury in relation to the accident at the Castaways Marina dock.
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