RedactedNarrative: PWC operated with near maximum weight capsized during a slow turn and both occupants were ejected. The passenger drowned after struggling to re-board the PWC. 
  
  
  On 08/28/2020 at approximately 1530 hours, I responded to Paradise Cove at Buena Vista, 13245 Lake Bryan Drive, Orlando, Orange County, Florida, in reference to a possible drowning that was determined to have resulted from a boating accident. 
  
  Deputy Sheriffs were at the scene actively collecting statements from the witnesses when I arrived to the scene. Both Deputies completed supplemental reports about their involvement with this incident. 
  
  **Witness Statements•• 
  Upon arrival, I spoke with Paradise Cove employee (witness-2). Witness2 stated the following: 
  At around 1400 hours, he saw that personal watercraft (PWC) #9 had capsized in Lake Bryan. He rushed out on another PWC to help flip over the PWC and tow it and its passengers back to shore. The two passengers were still floating in the water with personal flotation devices (PFD) worn. 
  
  He asked the male passenger (witness-1) to assist his grandmother (victim) back on to the PWC. They were unable to assist her back on board the PWC. Witness2 tried to get her on board his PWC but was also unable. She seemed to be having a difficult time following his directions. Witness2 had Operator1 get into the water to assist Victim and keep her head above water while he went back to swap the PWC for a boat with a boarding ladder. He and his co-worker (witness-3) responded back to the location within one minute or so with the boat. 
  
  As they arrived back on scene, they discovered Victim was unconscious and foaming slightly from the mouth. Together the three pulled Victim onto the swim platform. Witness3 immediately started CPR as Witness2 called 911 and took her back to shore. About 30 yards from the shoreline Witness3 told Witness2 he had a slight pulse. When they reached the beach, the three of them pulled Victim onto the beach where they could continue CPR. 
  
  Witness2 ran to another co-worker to help direct emergency responders in to the area. Witness2 estimates Victim was in the water for approximately one minute when he first arrived to the scene while he instructed Operator1 on how to right the PWC. He added it may have been closer to four minutes from the time he left her with Operator1 to get the boat and returned. During the previous interaction with Victim when the PWC was first being rented, she seemed very attentive to directions. She did not appear to be intoxicated and he did not see her drinking. Witness2 completed and signed a witness statement. Witness2 said he had no formal CPR instruction recently. 
  
  I then spoke with Witness3 who stated the following: 
  He walked back to the back and saw Witness2 responding to a capsized PWC in the lake. Witness2 returned to the beach to get the boat, as the guest was too heavy to get back onto the PWC. He boarded the ski boat with Witness2 and went back out to assist the guest. When they arrived back to the guest she was unconscious. He and Operator1 pulled her onto the swim platform of the ski boat. Victim had a weak pulse when she was pulled onto the boat. When they arrived back to the beach, Victim was turned on her side. Fluid was draining from her mouth and nose. Witness3 could no longer find a pulse. Victim was placed supine and he began CPR until fire rescue responded to the scene. 
  
  Witness3 stated he has not had formal CPR training recently. He completed and signed a witness statement. 
  
  Orange County Fire Rescue transported Victim to Hospital. The operator, Operator1, also responded to Hospital. Corporal responded to the hospital where he learned the hospital had pronounced Victim deceased.
  