RedactedNarrative: On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at approximately 1640 hours, a single vessel boating accident occurred in Pine Island Sound near Useppa Island, in Lee County, FL. The accident occurred east of ICW Channel Occupant1er 58, at coordinates N26° 39.1197 W81° 12.7126. V-1 was headed SSW when it ran aground on the north edge of the Useppa Oyster Bar. The impact resulted in one occupant being ejected, causing injuries.
  
  At the time of the accident, Operator was operating the boat. Occupant1 was seated in the front-left seat on the boat. Just prior to the accident he had asked Operator “Operator, what’s the depth?”. Prior to the accident he had been leaning forward to look over the boat and see how deep the water was. The boat came to a stop, at which time Occupant1 lost his balance and fell over the front of the boat. After he hit the water/bottom, he felt the weight of the boat roll over his left shoulder. His wife entered the water to assist him. As a result of the crash he sustained the following injuries: lacerations to head, small cuts throughout body, fractured sternum.
  
  
  Occupant1 received the following injuries as a result of being ejected from V-1: fractured sternum, lacerations to top of head, abrasions throughout body from contact with oysters, small lacerations to bottom of feet as the result of standing on oysters. He was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital immediately following the accident. When interviewed on the date of the accident (2040 hrs.), he was alert and speaking, and advised that his injuries could heal on their own, or he could elect to have minor surgery to repair the fractured sternum.
  
  Occupant2 received lacerations to the bottom of her feet while giving aid to her husband, Occupant1, who was ejected from V-1. The lacerations were caused by the oyster bar that V-1 struck. She was transported to Lee Memorial hospital with him immediately following the accident. When interviewed on the day of the accident (2040 hrs.), she had already been treated for her injuries with minor first aid.
  