RedactedNarrative: On Thursday, March 5, 2020, at approximately 1030 hours, I, Officer of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), while on uniformed land patrol in a marked patrol vehicle, was notified via our CAD computer system of a delayed vessel accident being reported. Since I was in the area, I met with the complainant a few minutes later. The complainant was the manager of the Freedom Boat Club at Regatta Pointe Marina in Palmetto, Manatee county.
  
  The complainant informed me that a boating accident had occurred the day earlier, March 4, between a jet ski and one of his pontoon boats that was rented to a customer. 
  
  Based on the interviews and the damage to both vessels, it appears that V1 (jet ski) was traveling in the same direction as V2 (pontoon boat) when the accident occurred. Both vessels were heading westbound in the Manatee River, and V1 struck the transom of V2 on the port side and continued forward causing damage to the railing on the port side of the pontoon. 
  
  The jet ski also received significant damage to the hull. Based on the location of the damage to the jet ski being on the hull, this could have been caused by the vessel striking the pontoon in a downward motion either by the result of coming down from a wake or from excessive speed. From the conversation I had with opreator1, it appears that his experience level with jet skis was limited. This inexperience combined with the excessive speed and conditions on the river, contributed to this accident.
  