RedactedNarrative: On August 14, 2016, I, Officer#1 of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission(FWC), received information from the FWC communications center concerning a personal water craft (PWC) vessel accident on the St. John's Rive(SJR)r at marker 106, South of High Banks Marina, DeBary, FL.  I was told Orange City Fire and Rescue(OCFD) was responding  by water to access the vessel operator who was reported to be injured and unable to operate the personal water craft. The operator was found to be Operator1. 
  
       OCFD located and transported Operator1 to the closest residential dock where an ambulance was standing by. A paramedic informed me she had sustained a left hip dislocation/ fracture, and possible left lower leg fracture. I was able to briefly interview Operator1 before transport.
   She stated she was traveling South on the SJR when several passing vessels created a large wake.
   She was traveling at a speed that caused her vessel to launch over the wake of one vessel.
   She stated she was ejected from the PWC and came down hard. 
  She was unable to move her leg due to pain. 
   She was wearing a personal flotation device (PFD) and an attached kill switch lanyard.
   Her husband was able to assist her to the safety of shore and call for help.
   He was operating a separate PWC. 
  
       I was able to interview her husband at the Lake Monroe Marina Boat Ramp and obtain a sworn written statement.
  He stated to me the following:
  He was with his wife cruising on separate PWC's. 
  They were south bound toward Lake Monroe. They encountered heavy vessel traffic around channel marker 106 and 107.
  They were traveling approximately 25 mph when his wife encounter a confluence of vessel wakes. 
  She launched over a wake and was ejected from PWC. 
  He realized she was hurt when she was unable to swim to the PWC. He assisted her to the closest shoreline and phoned for medical emergency services. 
  He stated they consumed one beer each with dinner at Swamp House Grill approximately 30 min. before the incident.
  
  I detected no indicators of impairment.
  
  I attempted a follow up interview with Her husband on 8/17/16 at Central Florida Regional Hospital where she was transported and was told she had been discharged already. I made contact with her husband and he reported his wife sustained a fracture of the left femur. She had surgery to repair the injury. She was discharged and is ambulatory with crutches. 
  She was issued (1) warning for careless operation of a vessel resulting in a crash.
  
  End of report.
  
  
  
  
  ; Operator1: Operator of PWC was treated and transported to Central FL Regional Hospital. She was diagnosed with a fracture of the left femur.
  