RedactedNarrative: On August 7 2016, I Officer#1 was notified by St. Lucie County Deputy#1 that there had been a vessel accident involving divers. I asked him the location and he stated that it was in the area of Pepper Park offshore. He said that they were receiving reports of a prop strike. 
  
  A short time later, I heard on the radio that the injured person had been transferred to St. Lucie County Sherriff's vessel. I met the vessel at the mouth of the Inlet and headed to the U.S. Coast Guard station. The ambulance was already at the station waiting on our arrival. They removed the injured party from the vessel and transported to Lawnwood Hospital. He was accompanied by his sister-in law. She identified him as Injured1. 
  
  I then spoke to the individuals on the sheriff’s vessel. Deputy#1 was with an off duty medic with St. Lucie County. He had rendered aid to the Injured1.  Deputy#1 explained that the vessel that Injured1 had been on was the vessel that impacted him. Deputy#1 advised that the vessel was still on scene waiting to pick up another diver. I received the coordinates from the U.S. Coast Guard and proceeded in the direction. 
  
  I met the impact vessel en route to the accident location. The operator, Operator1, stated that she had been operating the vessel at the time of the accident. She stated that Diver#1, another diver with the vessel, was struggling in the water. She had pull alongside him to try retrieve him from the water. Operator1 stated that she was struggling to try and get Diver#1 out of the water and Injured1 must have noticed. Injured1 surfaced and began to try and help. Operator1 stated that she had left the boat in gear and was unaware. While trying to get Diver#1 on the vessel, Injured1 drifted into the turning prop of the vessel, causing a deep laceration to his calf area. 
  
  Injured1 was brought on board his vessel and off duty medic helped to stabilize his injuries. 
  
  Upon interviewing Injured1 at the hospital the next morning, he stated that he believed that some of the dive gear that he had taken off of Diver#1 had become engaged in the prop and pulled him into it. He was recovering from surgery to the calf due to the severity of the muscle damage. ; Injured1: Subject was admitted to Lawnwood Hospital, where he had surgery to repair muscle damage to the calf.
  