RedactedNarrative: On 06/03/2022 at approximately 4:00 pm Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Jacksonville Regional Communication Center (JRCC) was contact in reference to a vessel accident.  The accident location was in Black Creek which is located in Clay County Florida. The Vessel involved was a 2021 22’ LIBERATOR BOAT displaying a Florida Registration of FL 8313 TE and HIN number of AAI50468I021. The owner and operator had hit a wake which caused his vessel to spin, and he was throw inside his boat and hurt his ribs.  Operator1’s friend got off his vessel and on to Operator1’s to operate the vessel to Black Creek Marina and Bait Shop to get help.    
        
  Operator1 was operating his vessel approximately 45-55 MPH heading west on Black Creek coming around the corner just east of the railroad trestle.  He then had a vessel going east past him.  When the vessel passed him, Operator1 attempted to cross over the wake and while doing so his vessel spun and he was thrown from the helm on the right side of the vessel to the left side of the vessel and hurt his ribs. 
  
  He was not thrown from the vessel but was unable to operate his vessel.  He then contacted his wife to call 911 and he also called 911.  He then called his friend to help him.  Friend then operated his boat back to Operator1 and hopped on Operator1’s vessel to operate it home and a 3rd person towed Friend’s boat. They all went back to Knights Marina to meet Clay County EMS to be transported to Orange Park Medical Center.  He stayed three days then was sent home, he could no longer take the pain after 3 days (6/9/2022) and called 911. 
  
  EMS then transported Operator1 to HCA Julington Creek Memorial hospital for about an hour and then he was transported to Memorial Hospital on University BLVD. He had tests done on Thursday the 9th to Saturday the 11th then had surgery on ribs to repair them but had nothing done to repair shoulder.; 
  
  Operator1 advised he had 8 broke ribs on his back left side. He was advised he had a lacerated spleen he had a broke left shoulder.
  