I officer was dispatched to a portion of hillsborough bay north of beer can island, south of the alafia river ship channel and west of the spoil island located immediately north of beer can island To investigate a boat accident involving a single personal watercraft. Upon our arrival at 1140 we met with the tampa police department marine unit, the hillsborough county sheriffs marine unit and the u.s. air force marine unit who were already on scene. The victim was already safely aboard a good samaritans boat where his right leg was immobilized because he appeared to have a compound fracture. Tampa fire rescue were also on scene and transported the victim to the hospital. Upon our arrival at tampa general hospital we met with the victims friend who was on a separate pwc  when the accident happened. The friend advised us through an interpreter that he witnessed the victims pwc hit a rogue wave sending the pwc airborne and he witnessed the ejected man fall back on his pwc (fl 0740 pm) breaking his leg. After we got a sworn written statement through the interpreter who assisted in writing the statement, we met with the victim who through an interpreter gave us a sworn written statement after i read him his Miranda warnings which were also explained through the female interpreter.:according to the emergency room doctor the victim sustained a compound fracture to his right leg.
TAMPA