RedactedNarrative: On Friday, March 20, 2020 between 0655 hours and 0705 hours, a vessel crash occurred on the St. Johns River, in Seminole County, Florida.  Involved was a 2013, 18-foot Weeres pontoon boat (V-1) with two persons on board.  
  
  The victim and operator departed from the Leisure World Mobile Home Park Boat Ramp at approximately 0651 hours. At 0710 hours, a witness observed V-1 on the opposite riverbank, with the bow against a shoreline embankment. 
  
  At approximately 0745 hours, Volusia County Fire Rescue arrived at the scene of the crash. Both the victim and operator were transported to Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford. The victim was pronounced deceased at the hospital. 
  
  An autopsy was performed by the 5th Judicial Medical Examiner’s Office whom ruled the manner of death as accidental and the cause as multiple blunt force injuries.
  
  According to a witness, sometime between 0650 hours and 0655 hours, he could hear a vessel coming North on the St. Johns River at a steady rate of speed. The witness noted that it was still dark with a slight amount of ambient light beginning to develop, and that there was a considerable amount of fog on the water. 
  
  The witness stated he heard what sounded like a car crash, and V-1’s motor revving at high RPM’s as though it was nearly out of the water. The witness was able to visually see V-1 from across the river immediately following the crash. 
  
  According to the witness the bow (front) of V-1 was against the bank of the river and appeared to be sunk into a large root ball of a palm tree. The witness stated that the motor appeared to be at full throttle and the prop was raised partially out of the water. The witness was unable to see or hear any occupants onboard.
  
  
  