RedactedNarrative: On May 23, 2022, at approximately 17:00 hrs. operator was operating Florida vessel FL 9817 RR (a 2018 Yamaha personal watercraft (PWC)) with one person as passenger. Operator was operating in an open body of water, traveling east at approximately 25 to 30 miles per hour. He was returning to his launching location. 
  
  	As he approached a boat lift one home to the west of his destination he started to slow down, Operator attempted to turn before hitting the boat lift, but the ski slid into it. The PWC became wedged between an aluminum I beam and a wood piling. 
  
  	Operator was transported to Bayonet Point Hospital by EMS, where it was later discovered he suffered lacerations to the face and a skull depression.
  
  	Occupant was uninjured in the incident. 
  
  	The PWC had scratches and cracks on the hood, the throttle was broken and broken plastic around the handlebars.
  
  	There was no damage to the Boat lift or piling.
  
  Nothing further at this time.
  
  Operator suffered lacerations to face and a depression in the skull from impact with aluminum i beam.
  