RedactedNarrative: On 6-27-19 at approximately 09:30 pm, operator was operating a 21-foot southern skimmer motor vessel up the new river toward the intracoastal waterway.  Based on his statement and the witness statements, he was operating his vessel without a spotlight.  
  
  The night was clear but dark and the water was calm other than the current from the tides.  According to the statements during my investigation i received, i concluded that operator1 was operating his vessel at a speed that was careless and reckless just prior and during the incident.  What made his speed especially careless and reckless was his inability to see in front of his vessel far enough to avoid a collision.  
  
  At the time of the incident operator1 observed a net in front of his vessel that he could now see because the commercial fisherman shined a light on it.  Operator1 then steered his vessel very sharply to the port side.  The vessel turned so sharp that it ejected both operator1 and his female passenger out of the starboard side of the vessel.  
  
  The vessel then continued course unmanned and impacted a fallen tree on shore coming to rest.  When the vessel came to rest, the bow was approximately 15 feet in the air against standing trees and the stern was on the fallen tree trunk.  Operator1 and the female passenger were rescued by the commercial fisherman.  The vessel sustained fiberglass damage and gel coat damage.  Operator1 lost a cell phone in the water.  Possible charges and estimates are pending and will be updated.
  
  Please note:  when further information is received, this report will be updated accordingly.
  
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