RedactedNarrative: On 3/25/18 at approximately 5:30PM I, Officer of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Officer2 received a call of a boating accident involving injuries in the Eden Pines area of Big Pine Key. The boating accident was reported as a Personal Watercraft (PWC) vs boat lift. 
  Upon arrival we identified the resident at the incident location. He claimed that he heard a loud noise and when he came outside a male and a female were attempting to get back on their PWC. They got on the PWC and continued down the canal.  The PWC occupants stated they were heading back to a house further back in the canal system. An inspection of his boat lift did not show any noticeable damage. The boat lift is in a canal system which is idle speed/no wake.
  We located the house and PWC. Nobody was at the house. We documented the PWC damage and contacted Monroe County Fire Rescue. MCFR stated that they had taken a male and female from that location to Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island. 
  The operator at the time of the accident Operator and occupant were located and injuries were as follows: Operator experienced lacerations to his left forearm and Occupant had a fractured ankle. Through their answers to questions and witness statements the officers gathered the following:
  Operator was the operator of the PWC and saw the boat lift after coming off plane and tried to avoid it but was too late. The PWC struck the boat lift and both occupants were ejected. Operator’s left arm was injured from the accident. They swam back to the PWC and Occupant operated the PWC back to their house. Upon arrival Occupant tripped at the dock and hurt her ankle. 
  A witness statement (attached) of the neighbor across the canal was subscribed the following day. The witness stated that the PWC entered the canal at approximately 30 MPH. Operator tried to avoid the boat lift but struck it and ejected both occupants. The witness noticed that Operator was bleeding on his left arm. They both got on the PWC and Occupant operated it down the canal. 
  OPERATOR:Lacerations to left arm. Stitches needed. 
  OCCUPANT:Fractured left ankle. Hard cast needed.
  