RedactedNarrative: On Thursday, 03/05/2020 at approximately 3:20 P:M, a 26-foot boston whaler vessel struck swimmer who later succumbed to his injuries after being struck by V-1 and its outboard engines. 
  
  The accident occurred within Florida State waters. The body of water is the Gulf of Mexico, more specifically; just off of Vanderbilt Beach. The location of the accident was documented utilizing a Global Positioning System (GPS) device from V-1 and was determined to be approximately 26.253N 81.822W. The area of the incident is sandy beach at the end of Vanderbilt Beach Road. It is a public beach that caters to hundreds of swimmers. The victim was struck by the vessel just off the beach.  
  
  	On 3/5/2020 at approximately 12:15 P.M, Operator planned to spend the day on the boat with his brother. V-1 was operated by Operator departed the dock at Cocohatchee Boat ramp and headed south along the shoreline in the Gulf of Mexico towards  Vanderbilt beach. V-1 passed by Vanderbilt beach heading south and later went into Doctor’s Pass which is approximately 5.5 miles from the accident location, were they docked at Park Shore Marina at 1315 hours. They departed at 2:47 P.M and headed North towards Cocohatchee Boat Ramp.
  
  At 3:21 P.M, V-1 operated by Operator arrived near the Ritz Carlton Hotel which is located by Vanderbilt Beach. V-1 was operating in a North bound direction during this time. While he was continuing to operate Operator attempted to show his brother the Ritz hotel located off the beach. At which point V-1 struck Victim with the bow/starboard side of the vessel and its outboard motors. 
  
  Operator after realizing he had struck something made a sharp turn to port and returned to the incident location to find Victim floating; yelling he had been hit. Victim had severe injuries to his chest and extremities caused by the vessel and its propellers. Operator and his brother threw a life saver (a Type-4 throwable) to Victim and during this time witness’s began swimming towards the boat to help with the situation. The swimmmers in the water brought the victim into shore to render aid, but at no time did the vessel attempt to come to shore to assist with providing care. 
  
  
  