RedactedNarrative: Notification and Response:
  I was notified by CCSO Communications of a boating accident near Knight’s Boat Ramp on Black Creek. I was advised that there was an injury and that Clay County Fire Rescue was being dispatched along with a CCSO patrol deputy. I responded via patrol vessel from the area of the North Fork of Black Creek. While enroute I was advised that the injury was a head injury to a passenger of a personal watercraft (PWC) and that she was being transported to Baptist South Hospital.
  
  Upon arrival I made contact with operator 1 who was the operator of the PWC at the time of the accident. A patrol deputy at the scene pointed out the PWC that was involved with the accident. I inquired if he was injured and he told me he was not injured. I advised him that I was investigating the boating accident and asked him to supply me with his identification, boating safety card and the registration for the PWC. Operator 1 stated that he did not have his identification or his boater safety card but did supply me with the vessel registration. He informed me that he had borrowed the PWC from a friend.
  
  Preliminary Investigation:
  V-1 was being operated by operator 1 with occupant 1 as a passenger seated behind operator 1. V-1 attempted to overtake a vessel that it had been following. When V-1 hit the wake of the vessel occupant 1 was ejected. A Good Samaritan picked up occupant 1 and transported her to Knight’s Boat Ramp. She was assessed with a head injury and transported to Baptist South Hospital for treatment.
  
  
  Initial Interviews:
  I asked operator 1 what happened. He told me that he was driving the PWC behind a vessel when he saw an acquaintance. He stated that he waved at the acquaintance about the same time he was jumping the wake of the boat that was ahead of him. He said when the PWC hit the wake he lost control of the PWC. His girlfriend, who was riding behind him, fell off the PWC. He said another boat that was nearby came and picked her up and took her to Knight’s Boat Ramp. Operator 1 agreed to provide a written witness statement.
  
  I then spoke with operator 2. Operator 2 was on a companion PWC riding along with Operator 1. Operator 2 stated that he witnessed the accident. He stated that they had been jumping the wake of a boat in front of them on their way to fuel their PWCs at Knight’s Boat Ramp. He said that Operator 1 attempted to jump the wake of the boat in front of them and it looked like when they hit the wake his girlfriend fell off the PWC. Operator 2 agreed to provide me a written witness statement.
  
  I spoke with witness 1 who stated that he witnessed the accident from a nearby vessel. He stated that he witnessed the two PWCs following each other and were passing another boat. He said that he saw the operator of the PWC waving at someone in the boat they were passing and hit the wake. He said when they hit the wake they bounced off the PWC and into the water. Witness 1 agreed to provide me with a written witness statement.
  
  Pending Interviews:
  I was unable to speak with the “Good Samaritan” who picked up Occupant 1. Contact is pending with the owner/ operator of the vessel.
  
  Occupant 1 was transported to Baptist South Hospital where she was treated for a head laceration. Officer (FWC) responded to the hospital to interview Occupant 1. Officer stated that Occupant 1 told him that she was riding on the PWC with her boyfriend (Operator 1). She said that they had been jumping the wakes of vessels previously. Occupant 1 thought she may have hit her head on the PWC. 
  
  Evidence/ Property Damage:
  I was unable to observe any damage to the PWC that Operator 1 was operating.
  
  
  Follow-up Investigation:
  On 6-26-18 I was able to speak with the owner of the witness vessel who was on a nearby vessel when the accident occurred.