RedactedNarrative: On May 25, 2021, at approximately 1:00 PM, Vessel 1 (V1) a 25ft. Avalon & Tahoe Mfg. Inc. (Rental Pontoon Boat), Florida Registration FL4265SL (“8”), was being operated reportedly “several minutes” east of Navarre Family Watersports, in Santa Rosa Sound. While traveling East, at an estimated speed of 15 mph, the operator “looked down” to apply sunscreen on his leg, when he looked up a red channel marker was in front of the vessel. 
  
  struck the fixed navigational aid. The impact caused the vessel to stop, forward momentum carried the occupants forward causing them to strike the interior bulkhead of the pontoon boat. 
  
  Victim1 sustained injuries (abrasions) to his knees. Victim1 returned to Navarre Family Watersports and transported them to Baptist ER, in Navarre. 
  
  Victim2 sustained a head injury from the impact. He was admitted to the emergency room for a head laceration where he received 4 staples to close the wound, he was later released.
  
  
  