RedactedNarrative: On Monday December 5, 2016, at approximately 3:28 pm, a personal watercraft (PWC) had been in an accident in the canal behind the Falls Shopping mall. 
  
  I arrived on scene at approximately 3:59 pm and found a single PWC on the bank of the canal pinned against a palm tree. 
  
  The operator had already been transported by Rescue #4 to Jackson South hospital for treatment of his injuries. 
  
  The manager of Miami’s Jet Ski Shop was at the scene at the time of the accident. He stated that Operator “was testing the jet ski to finalize the deal” to purchase the PWC.  Subject stated that as Operator was coming “back he was on the bend of the canal heading east easily, around 60 mph when he lost control hit the side of the wall and aired the jet ski about 40 ft. He bailed before the ski came to a halt on a tree.” Subject also stated he brought a PFD for Operator, but he was not wearing it at the time of the accident. Operator stated he was "water testing the waver runner to make sure the supercharger worked" and "as I was testing the supercharger for acceleration, the steering cable broke. The wave runner was rapidly approaching the shore with no steering so I jumped off before it hit."
  
  Operator stated that he jumped off the right side of the wave runner and landed in the water and he believes he may have impacted the coral bottom and that he was not wearing a PFD at the time of the accident. He stated he was diagnosed with a shoulder broken in 4 places and a deep laceration to the right elbow.
  
  Upon inspection of the PWC, the steering linkage was broken corroborating what Operator had stated. It is unknown if the damage to the linkage occurred before or after the impact.