RedactedNarrative: On Monday September 5th, 2016 at approximately 13:45 hours, a boating accident occurred on the Manatee River approximately two miles east of Fort Hamer boat ramp.  This was a single vessel accident which occurred in the middle of the channel.  The weather was sunny and the visibility good.  
  
  Vessel one (V1) with one operator and one occupant traveled east up the Manatee River from the Fort Hamer boat ramp at approximately 26 miles per hour.  Approximately 2 miles east of the boat ramp, V1 experienced a hard turn to port.  The steering system locked in position during the turn and was rendered useless.  The occupant of V1 was ejected from the vessel.  Once in the water the occupant came in contact with V1’s propeller.  The operator of V1 who remained in the vessel regained control of V1 by placing the throttle in neutral.  The operator jumped into the water to assist the passenger of V1 engaging the vessel’s safety lanyard system which shut off the engine.  A Good Samaritan transported the operator and passenger to the Fort Hamer boat ramp.  The passenger was transported by EMS to the Blake Medical Center for treatment of injuries.  V1 was towed back to the Fort Hamer boat ramp by the Good Samaritan. The occupant suffered deep lacerations to the face and shoulder.
  ; V1 Occupant was admitted to Blake Medical Center in Bradenton Florida for treatment of injuries sustained during a boating accident on the Manatee River.  At the hospital, V1 Occupant underwent a CAT scan to determine the extent of her injuries to her head.  I spoke to Nurse Practitioner who examined V1 Occupant.  She advised V1 Occupant suffered extensive damage to her face.  The damage included a broken jaw, several broken bones around her nose and cheeks, a broken orbital bone and lacerations to her face.  She said the CAT scan revealed she had a small brain bleed.  Nurse Practitioner advised V1 Occupant had a breathing tube administered to help clear her airway from blood.  She advised V1 Occupant was conscious and talking before the breathing tube was put in.    Shortly after being admitted to the hospital, V1 Occupant underwent surgery to clean up and treat the lacerations on her face.  The surgeon advised she would be placed in the intensive care unit at the hospital after the surgery.  The surgeon said they would do a second surgery on 9/9/16 to treat some of the broken bones in her face and address the small brain bleed.  He said although her injuries are severe he did not feel they were life threatening at the time I spoke to him on 9/5/16.  On 9/6/16, I spoke to Registered Nurse#1 at Blake Medical Center.  She advised V1 Occupant was still intubated but in a stable condition.  I observed 9 lacerations starting at her forehead and ending on her right arm.  The lacerations were uniform in appearance and evenly spaced along the right side of her face, shoulder and right arm.  The lacerations were indicative of prop damage.
  