RedactedNarrative: On January 12, 2021, at approximately 1319 hours, a single vessel boating incident occurred in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) near the Fort Pierce Utlities Authority (FPUA)  Waste Water Collection Facility, in St. Lucie County, FL.  The vessel, a 2020, 23’ Key West VR 230, referred to as “Vessel 1 or V-1”, had one occupant on board.  V-1 was traveling south on plane, from the north side of the Ft. Pierce South Bridge Causeway toward the FPUA Waste Water Collection Facility.  V-1 turned east and then came down off plane and drifted along the south seawall of the FPUA Waste Water Collection Facility.
  
    The operator and sole occupant on board left V-1 in an unknown manner and circumstance  as V-1 accelerated.  While in the water, the operator was struck by V-1’s propeller and was retrieved by three Good Samaritans that were on board another vessel.  V-1 continued in clockwise circles, with no one on board when it struck the catwalk on the south east side of the Ft. Pierce South Bridge.  The victim was transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased.
  
   "other" used for unknown as there are no evidentiary or witnessed accounts as to how the operator was separated from the vessel.
  
   Operator was not wearing a personal floatation device.  Operator was not wearing an engine cut off lanyard.  Operator left V-1 in an unknown manner and circumstance.  Operator was killed as a result of the incident.  Operator’s position prior to the crash is unknown.  On March 1, 2021, I received the Medical Examiner Department – District 19 Medical Examiners report and toxicology report.  According to Chief Medical Examiner Doctor, of the District 19 Medical Examiners Department, Operator’s cause of death was “MULTIPLE INJURIES”, and the manner of death was “ACCIDENT.”   
  
  Doctor opinion stated, “Operator, died of Multiple Injuries sustained as he was injured by a boat/boat propeller.  The manner of death is ACCIDENT.  Toxicologic analyses were negative for alcohol and illicit substances and positive for naproxen, diphenhydramine, and atropine.” (See attached Medical Examiner’s report)  
  
  According to the Medical Examiner’s report, Operator sustained “Abrasions and contusions of torso with patterned injury of abdomen, Fractures of bilateral ribs and sternum, Residual left hemothorax, Left lung lacerations, Intimal tear of thoracic aorta with associated periaortic hemorrhage, Anterior epicardial contusion, Abdominal wall crush injury with avulsion pocket, Small bowel contusions, Abrasions of left forearm and right lower leg, Laceration of right forearm with injury to right brachial artery (status post surgical amputation).” (See attached Medical Examiner report)
  