RedactedNarrative: On Monday, May 30, 2022, FWC Communications Center regarding a boating accident on Holmes Creek in Washington County, FL. The Washington County Sheriff's Office initially received the call via 911. FWC was notified at 1517 hours of the accident. The call initially stated that a vessel was circling in Holmes Creek and had ejected two occupants into the water. Injuries were initially unknown. A female subject was operating the vessel at the time of the accident. The female and a male subject were ejected due to careless operation. The female suffered from a skeg strike to the lower right arm/wrist and later underwent surgery.
  
   Operator was slated to undergo surgery on her arm and wrist. She stated that she was operating the vessel prior to the accident. She stated that they were underway on Holmes Creek when her hat blew off her head. She let go of the stick-steer steering mechanism on the vessel to attempt to grab her hat. The stick steer fell forward and the boat turned into a tight circle to the right. The two occupants were ejected from the vessel. The vessel continued in a clockwise circle with subjects in the water. Operator was struck by the skeg of the 60 HP Yamaha outboard in the lower right arm/wrist. The two were able to swim away from the vessel and get out of the water. The vessel eventually came to rest on the bank of the creek and a couple in an unknown vessel helped them retrieve their vessel.
  