RedactedNarrative: On June 11, 2022 at approximately 05:30 PM CDT in Choctawhatchee Bay near USCG Station Destin, Florida, and west of the idle speed zone around Crab Island, a single vessel incident occurred resulting in the fatality of deceased.
  The vessel was a rental pontoon boat with four people onboard and had been recreationally cruising around the Destin/Crab Island area when they began their return trip to Fort Walton Beach.  The vessel had resumed normal operation after departing the Idle speed zone west of USCG Destin, FL. The operator was cruising on plane toward Fort Walton Beach when deceased sitting on the bow of the vessel forward of the gated partition voluntarily jumped from the moving vessel in between the two pontoons. The 50 Horsepower Mercury Outboard engine propeller struck victim in the head and face area killing him. 
  After the strike/impact the victim never resurfaced. He was located the following day June 12, 2022 by FWC Aviation unit and recovered by FWC and Okaloosa Sheriff's Office dive team personnel. The District Medical Examiner's Office took custody of the victim and transported him to Pensacola, Florida. 
  Reports Attached: 
  Medical Examiners Report.
  Medical Examiner's Toxicology
  BUI Case (Vessel Operator)
  FWC Dive Team recovery video
  FARO Scan video 
  ISR Detail Narrative; Victim: Hispanic Male age 21, while sitting/riding on the bow area of a rental pontoon boat voluntarily jumped from the moving vessel in between the two pontoons. The 50 HP Mercury outboard engine was running and the victim was struck in the head by the aluminum three blade propeller.
  