RedactedNarrative: Synopsis
  Responded to a report of two rented PWCs involved in a collision at The BASH rental shop. 
  
  Narrative
  Initial Information
  Sunday, May 3, 2018, at 1900 hours, I received a call from a BASH concessionaire employee that two rental PWC's were in a collision.  The employee informed me that there was significant damage to the two PWCs involved in the accident and he wanted a report done of the incident.  I asked if the people involved were still at the rental shop and he confirmed they were.  I asked if the people involved needed medical attention and he informed me that the male who was hurt was deny medical attention.
  
  Contact
  When I arrived at the BASH rental shop, a male had just finished getting his left forearm bandaged by a BASH employee.  I asked if he was involved with the PWC accident and he confirmed he was.  I asked VICTIM if he was okay and he told me he was fine and did not want medical attention.  I asked what had happened to his arm and he told me he had cut it open somehow in the accident.  I explained to VICTIM that having medical personnel come to evaluate his arm and properly bandage it would not cost him anything, but he still denied medical attention.  VICTIM said he was okay with how it was bandaged up by the BASH employee and that his arm did not even hurt.  There was a female nearby VICTIM who was very quiet and seemed timid.  I asked her if she was involved in the accident and she confirmed she was.  I asked if she was hurt and she told me no.  She seemed shaken up by the circumstances, so I offered medical attention again and she denied it. 
  
  Investigation
  I asked VICTIM to explain to me what had happened during the PWC accident.  He pointed to the nearby female and said she was operating the PWC and he was on the back of it sitting behind her.  VICTIM explained that water had splashed up into his face and he could not see for a few seconds when they crashed into the other PWC.  I questioned him in regards to who was on the other PWC and he told me his friend.  He explained OPERATOR1 was the one who rented both PWCs.  I asked where he was at since there were only the two of them.  VICTIM explained that OPERATOR1 had walked to go get their vehicle and the rest of the people they were with down on the south beach. 
  
  When they had completed the witness statements, VICTIM asked to speak with me alone and informed me that he was actually the one driving the PWC when the collision occurred.  He explained that he did not have a driver's license and was not on the rental form but SUBJECT was on the PWC while he was operating.  He explained that he did not want SUBJECT to get into any trouble because she was not the one who caused the collision, he was.  VICTIM confirmed he was operating the PWC that had the damage in the front of it.  He explained to me that while he was operating the PWC, water splashed him in the face and then he ran right into the other PWC that was idling in the water, on its starboard side.  VICTIM believed he was traveling at speeds between 35 to 40 mph when he hit the other PWC.   He said he was then thrown off the PWC into the water.  As we waited for OPERATOR1 to come back to the BASH rental shop to work out the details and money owed for the damages due to the accident, I spoke with SUBJECT alone in regards to what had happened.  
  
  SUBJECT told me that VICTIM was operating the PWC but did not see more than that because there was water in her face and she could not remember.  When OPERATOR1 arrived at the rental shop, I had him complete a witness statement.  He explained to me that he and his passengers were in the water when VICTIM ran into his PWC.  I was confused by this statement and asked him to explain to me why he was in the water before there was an accident.  
  
  OPERATOR1 said that he and his passengers were thrown off their PWC due to a large wave. They were all swimming back to the PWC when VICTIM sped toward their PWC in the direction of a "V" and side swiped his PWC. He explained that VICTIM PWC landed on his PWC and then VICTIM was thrown off into the water. I confirmed with OPERATOR1 where SUBJECT was at during the incident, and OPERATOR1 informed me SUBJECT was a passenger on his PWC and was in the water when the accident occurred. At this time, VICTIM heard what OPERATOR1 said and disagreed with him. SUBJECT and OPERATOR1 both told VICTIM that neither of them was on his PWC during the time of the accident. VICTIM comment was, "Oh ya, I must have forgot". I asked OPERATOR1 where all the other people who were involved in the accident and he told me they had all left. He informed me that they were all okay because he had checked them out. I asked the three of them if they knew the names of the other passengers involved in the accident and none of them knew them well enough.
  
  Conclusion
  VICTIM will be cited with the failure to take action to avoid a boating accident and speed and proximity. He will be warned for failure to maintain a proper look out and providing false information at a boating accident. He will be served with a certified mailed copy of his citation.
  
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