RedactedNarrative: On 1-23-2019 at At approximately 1150 hrs. FWC Officer and I were dispatched to a vessel accident involving a vessel with an elderly gentleman who had slipped while boarding his grounded vessel. The man sustained a laceration to his arm and was transported to Seven Rivers Hospital.
  
  On 1-23-2019 at At approximately 1150 hrs. FWC Officer and I were dispatched to a vessel accident involving a vessel with an elderly gentleman onboard.  The Vessel was reported to have run aground outside the Crystal River Channel between CM 13 and 14. 
  
  Once in the general area we observed a 19’ white fiberglass vessel with a red top grounded on an Oyster Bar. We pulled alongside the vessel and made contact with the subject. Upon arrival there was blood all over the stern and port gunwale. The individual was pale, holding a blood soaked tee shirt over his left forearm, He complained of concerns from blood loss as well as feeling dizzy. 
  
  The individual went on to explain he had drifted out of the channel and ran his boat up onto a submerged “reef” Oyster bar. He then got out of the vessel and attempted to push his boat off the bar causing several lacerations to his feet. He then attempted to get back onboard his vessel and while doing so slipped and impaled the port stern cleat into his fore arm “hooking him” on the boat. He then freed himself wrapped his arm in a tee shirt and attempted to motor off of the bar to no avail.  
  
  Officer rendered first aid to the subject in order to control bleeding. Once appropriate measures had been met to control bleeding he was relayed back to the Ft. Island boat ramp. Upon arrival back to the boat ramp the individual was turned over to Nature Coast EMS and transported to Seven Rivers Hospital.; 
  