RedactedNarrative: Operator was operating a personal watercraft on the rappahannock river. Operator was operating the pwc approximately 30-35 mph. He let off the throttle to go under the downing bridge. Operator let off the throttle approximately 20 meters from the bridge. He struck one of the concrete pilings and fell off the pwc into the water.
  
  operator was wearing a type ii personal flotation device. He was wearing the engine cut-off safety lanyard on his left wrist. Operator was able to get back on the pwc. He started the pwc and operated the pwc at approximately 25-27 mph while going to find his cousin. Operator met his cousin out in the river. 
  
  Subject got onto the pwc with operator and took him to june parker marina. Essex emergency medical services personnel responded to june parker marina. They transported operator to riverside tappahannock hospital. Lifeevac picked operator up at riverside and transported him to vcu medical center.
  
   Operator had a broken pelvis and a laceration to his left abdominal area. The pwc belonged to cousin. The pwc had compression damage and stress fractures to the port bow fiberglass. The port hull and rub rail also had scratches. The port chine had a gouge in the fiberglass. The starboard bow had a fracture in the fiberglass.