RedactedNarrative: On 05/08/2016 at approximately, 1745 hours, while on routine water patrol in the vicinity of Caesar’s Creek, Miami Dade County, we received word of a boating accident via VHF radio within the ICW near Marker 13A. The operator/owner of the vessel also advised via VHF radio that all four of the occupants, including himself, were injured and required medical attention due to a collision with the channel marker. I noted that the weather was clear, the water was calm, and it occurred during daylight hours. Officer responded and arrived at approximately, 1808 hours, immediately after a Towboat US vessel arrived. Because the distressed vessel was located in a shallow area, the Towboat U captain was able to secure a line to the vessel and tow it from the shallow area. 
  
  At that point, Officer was able to pull alongside the vessel and I was able to board the vessel and render first aid to the victims. I spoke to the Operator first who advised me that he was fine, despite a deep laceration to his upper lip. I then checked on the status of the other occupants.
  
  Victim2 advised me that she was okay but was having pain near her lower abdomen, Victim3 advised me that she was experiencing pain around her chest but she was able to breathe, and victim4, who was laying on the deck of the vessel, advised me that he was experiencing severe pain and couldn’t move without assistance but he was able to breathe. 
  
  After ensuring that all of the patients aboard were stable, a Miami Dade Fire Department (MDFD) rescue helicopter arrived and deployed a diver at approximately 1812 hours . The diver climbed aboard the vessel and evaluated each of the patients and determined that Victim4 needed to be airlifted immediately. Victim4 was helped into the water by the diver and the rescue helicopter lowered a retrieval device and extracted him. The diver then came back to the vessel and requested Victim3 to leave with him but she refused saying that she would only panic and create a more dangerous situation. The diver then told me to ensure that she would be placed on the rescue boat which was already enroute. 
  
  At approximately, 1823 hours, the MDFD fire boat arrived and the three patients were extracted, transported to Black Point Boat Ramp where they were picked up by MDFD land units. While the patients were being moved from the accident vessel to the rescue boat, United States Coast Guard (USCG) arrived along with a vessel from Miami Dade Police Department (MDPD). All of the victims were transported to Jackson South Hospital (which was recently made trauma capable) where they were admitted and treated. 
  
  Operator suffered from a lacerated upper lip, Victim3 suffered from a collapsed lung and broken ribs to her right side, Victim2 suffered from bruised kidneys and internal bleeding to the area around her kidneys, and Victim4 suffered from a stage IV lacerated liver. Photographs of the incident were taken as the situation evolved and the accident vessel was transported to Homestead Bayfront park by multiple Towboat US salvage vessels. I was able to visit the Towboat US compound and photograph the vessel out of water.
  
  On 05/09/2016, at approximately 1400 hours, I went to Jackson South Hospital to interview the victims but only Victim3 and Victim2 wished to provide witness statements which indicated that the vessel was proceeding in a northern direction when it collided with the ICW Marker 13A. The vessel was traveling back from Gilberts in the vicinity of Cardsound on the Dade/Monroe county line. Operator was not impaired at the time of the accident according to officers that observed him at the hospital when he was taken to Jackson South Hospital. Operator and Victim4 refused to provide witness…
  