RedactedNarrative: 	On 02/21/2021 I, Cpl., received a call in reference to a boating accident in Glynn County.  While in route to the Brunswick Office, I spoke with the driver, and owner of the vessel.  Operator said his knee was injured but he did not think he needed an ambulance.  He also gave me accurate directions to their whereabouts and told me he thought we would have enough tide to bring a larger boat.  Cpl. and I were in route to Hampton River by vessel when we received information that a good Samaritan was getting the occupants of the wrecked vessel.  We returned to the Brunswick Office and responded to Village Creek boat ramp by truck.  
  	Once on scene at Village Creek we found an ambulance waiting in the parking area of the Village Creek Landing, which is where the good Samaritan was in route to.  We stood on the dock and awaited the arrival of one of the Sea Island Charter Fishing boat to bring the vessel’s occupants to us.  
  
  Operator was sitting on the coffin box in the bow of the boat in apparent pain.  Operator complained that his knee was hurting and was in extreme pain.  Occupant1 was also in the Sea Island boat and stated he was the passenger of the vessel.  I spoke with the good Samaritan about the accident scene.  He showed me on his GPS exactly where he found Subject and Operator.  I took a picture of the GPS coordinates.  I also received a picture of the boat in the marsh.  The good Samaritan said he did not see any beer cans or signs of alcohol consumption while he was on scene.
  
  	Once Operator was in the ambulance, I found Subject, who was giving a written statement to Cpl..  Subject said the two were in Operator’s 17-foot aqua sport in Bungalow Creek.  Despite being windy, the weather was clear.  He said he was in the front of the boat and Operator was driving.  Subject said Operator veered towards the bank and was fixing to hit it when Operator corrected it.  He brought the boat away from the bank before running up into the marsh some 40 feet later.  Subject said it seemed as if Operator “blacked out”.  Subject told me the two were not drinking while they were out on the water.  He also told me that the two of them were not wearing PFD’s.  Subject said once the boat went up in the marsh, he was thrown some 20 feet in the air.  He said he looked down and the boat was moving along underneath him.  He thought the boat was going to end up on top of him, but it came crashing down in the marsh instead.  Subject believes the boat picked up speed before entering the marsh.  
  
  	After getting the statement from Subject, I went to Southeast Georgia Health System to meet with Operator at the ER.  Operator was in one of the trauma rooms when I arrived.  He said he did not recall much about the accident but did say that Subject told him it seemed as though he blacked out.  I asked Operator if he had been drinking and he was adamant that he had not been.  Operator did say that he had taken one hydrocodone that morning and another at lunch.  He said he is prescribed the hydrocodone and has been taking them over 20 years now for back pain.  I did not feel as though Operator was impaired in any way.  Operator said he had over 20 years of experience operating a vessel in Georgia Waters.  
  
  	As a result of the accident Operator suffered a dislocated knee and two broken bones in his lower leg.  He was transported from Southeast Georgia Health System to another hospital in Savannah to have the injury to his leg addressed.  
  
  There was no damage.