RedactedNarrative: On 1/1/2022 at approximately 1520, I was contacted by GSP Dispatch about a boating incident on the Ocmulgee River in Ben Hill County close to Brown's Landing involving a single boat and a single occupant. Dispatch informed me that Ben Hill County Deputies and EMS were already on scene. GWFC arrived on scene at approximately 1550. EMS Transported the victim to Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald Ga. 
  
  GWFC gathered evidence, took photos, and spoke with good samaritans at Brown's Landing that assisted Operator1 to the boat ramp. I arrived at Dorminy Medical Center at approximately 1610 to interview Operator1. When I spoke with Operator1 he was in stable condition and was in a clear mind to talk. 
  
  Operator1 had lacerations to his head and back and doctors found that he had possible fractures to his spine. Operator1 informed me that he had launched his 19' Carolina Skiff at the landing in Lumber City and was making a trip to Abbeville and back. On his way back downriver from Abbeville, Operator1 believes he was traveling around 30 mph when he struck an underwater object that caused him to lose control of his vessel causing him to come into contact with trees on the bank of the river. 
  
  Operator1 stated that he believes his injuries were caused when he came in contact with the center console of his boat, causing the console to come completely dislodged from the floor of the boat. Operator1 stated that he was not wearing his PFD at the time of the incident. Good Samaritans found Operator1 approximately 3/4 of a mile upriver from Brown's Landing and transported him and his boat to Brown's Landing where they met with EMS and Ben Hill County Deputies. GWFC took a statement from the Good Samaritans. They reported that they were traveling upriver, approximately 3/4 of a mile from Brown's Landing, when they were waved down by Operator1 on the Ben Hill County side of the river. Complainants stated that the center console was broken off, there were multiple gas tanks in the floorboard, and the throttle was wide open. I was contacted by Sgt. of Ben Hill County on 1/2/2022 and he informed me that subject was transported to another hospital in Florida due to his back injuries. EOR.
  