RedactedNarrative: According to Occupant1 around 1530 hours he was the passenger on a vessel. They had been dog hunting and were attempting to catch the dogs before they crossed the waterway. Occupant1 said he was standing on the bow while the vessel was underway when Operator took the vessel out of gear without warning. The sudden change in speed caused Occupant1 to lose his balance and fall forward. He fell over the bow and into the water. The vessel continued to drift forward causing Occupant1 to go under the vessel and toward the stern. As the vessel drifted over Occupant the skeg/propeller made contact with the back of Occupant1's head.
  
  After being struck Occupant1 resurfaced behind the vessel, swam back and then boarded the vessel. Operator then took Occupant1 to the shore line where a subject with a truck was waiting so as to transport him to the Emergency Room. Upon meeting with Operator he stated he was operating the vessel with subject as the only passenger. He said they had been dog hunting on his lease which borders the north bank of the Intracostal Waterway (ICW) east of White City. 
  
  they launched from a private ramp on the lease and were attempting to catch several dogs which were running toward the ICW. Operator said they located a dog and was trying to get to it before the dog entered the water. They were on the south side of the canal moving across to the north shore. Operator said they were not on plane but were plowing through the water with the bow raised up. As they began to near the shore line he reduced power to bring the bow down and reduce speed. 
  
  As soon as the vessel began to settle Occupant1 was ejected over the bow and into the water. Operator said he immediately pulled the kill switch turning of the motor. A couple seconds later he felt something hit under the boat and saw Occupant1 surface behind the vessel and began to swim back toward him. Operator said he helped Occupant1 into the boat and while talking noticed Occupant1 was bleeding on the back of his head. 
  
  	Operator relayed Occupant1 to the shore line where another lease member was with his truck so as to transport Occupant1 to the Emergency room for treatment. Occupant1 received several stitches  and a CT scan due to a laceration on the back of his head;.
  