RedactedNarrative: On June 4th, 2017 at approximately 1530 hrs. a single vessel accident occurred on the Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Coast, Flagler Co. FL.  V1 was a 1996 23 ft. Checkmate I/O 500 hp. occupied by two adult white males.  V1 was northbound on plane and tried crossing the wake of a southbound vessel and lost control, struck a dock with the starboard stern causing V1 to change direction and collide bow first into another dock.  V1 was wedged between the dock and the shallow bottom.  V1 operator and occupant refused medical aid on scene and neither occupant had a PFD on at the time of accident. 
  
  They stated that they were traveling north bound on the ICW and that a bigger blue vessel traveling south bound threw a huge wake and did not come down for them as they were crossing paths.  Operator stated that he was only going about 30 mph and the wake was so big it broke his pedestal seat (driver’s seat) and threw him backwards so that he was no longer in control of the vessel.  He stated that at that point he was out of reach of the throttle and the steering wheel but was able to lean forward enough to jerk the wheel to the left at the last minute.  Operator stated this caused him to hit the first dock with the aft starboard side of the boat.  He said upon hitting the first dock the force of the impact switched the vessel’s direction which caused him to run under the second dock.  Both occupants also filled out sworn written statements as to what caused the accident.  
  
  Upon arrival on scene the throttle had already been pulled back to neutral so I was unable to see how fast the vessel could have been going.  Operator seemed pretty adamant that he thought the bigger vessel should have come down for him and that its big wake was what caused the accident.  No one on scene nor any of the witnesses were able to get a positive identification of the passing vessel other than the fact that it was a bigger, either center console offshore boat or a cabin boat.  I was able to attain witness statements from three juveniles; two of whom were on a vessel knee boarding not far from the accident and one that was south of the accident but still said he observed it.  Two of the juveniles that tried to help Operator get his vessel off of the dock stated that he would pay them to get him home and his vessel unstuck before law enforcement got there.  Another witness who owned the dock nearby stated that she was in her back yard when she heard Operator’s vessel go by.  She said Operator was, “very close to the docks and was moving at a high rate of speed northbound.”  
  
  After making contact with Operator and Occupant two days after the accident, Occupant stated that both he and Operator had gone to the hospital the day after the accident with complaints of similar injuries.  He said they both had aches around their right shoulder area and a few contusions and abrasions from hitting the side of the vessel.  It seems that the injuries came from the first impact with dock as the two occupants were thrown inside of the vessel.  
  
  After talking with Operator he told me that he attempted to tow his vessel home the night of the accident with assistance of a friend’s vessel and on the way it capsized after taking on water.  The vessel was then tied to a seawall in Palm Coast main canal on property belonging to The Landings at Marina Cove.  USCG contacted me the morning after the accident on the 5th and stated that they were going to be doing a pollutant discharge investigation that happened after the vessel had capsized.  Operator was able to get his vessel out of the area a few days later with assistance from Sea Tow.  Operator stated that Sea Tow had towed the vessel to St. Augustine and that the vessel was probably a loss
  
  