RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 provided a written statement, stating, " We rented a boat under Victim #1’s name. It was for 1 hour. We finished our hour and started making our way back before it was too late. As we got closer to the dock, I realized it was the wrong docking station. Ours was on the other side, so I slowly worked my way around. Victim was the only one in front, Everyone else was towards the back, sitting behind me or besides. My focus was on the dock entry, and all of a sudden , I heard a big sound. In my mind it was either engine failure or out of gas. I pulled the safety pin, which shuts off the water and puts the boat in neutral. We all heard a scream for help, so we turned around and noticed Victim shouting for help. At first we didn't predict injuries, I asked the best swimmer to jump in and get him. As he brought Victim to the front of the boat, I grabbed his left arm and pulled him in while Swimmer pushed from underneath. We noticed the severity of the injuries and Swimmer put pressure on his (victim #1) right arm. I ran to the drivers seat and a lady and the boat dealer waved for me to pull into the closest dock we were already several feet from. Paramedics were already there and got Help.". 
  The statements of others on board all agree. No one saw Victim #1 fall in but all heard him call for help. 
  
  Seaside Heights Police Class II responded to the scene and spoke with Witnesses on shore . As per Seaside Police Department Case # 2014-06563, Witnesses #5 and #6 observed Victim from the dock , and stated they watched victim sitting on the edge of the boat outside the safety fence as he fell into the water. Both witnesses said he came up on the other side of the boat and was pulled onto the boat by his friends. 
  
  Investigation Revealed : Operator #1, along with five passengers , were underway on board vessel #1, a rental pontoon boat from Jersey Shore watercraft rental, located in Barnegat Bay, Seaside Heights , Ocean County. In the process of returning the vessel to the dock, operator #1 was unsure which dock to moor the vessel, and was looking along the shore line for the proper mooring. At that time , victim #1, sitting on the port bow outer area of the vessel, for an unknown reason, lost his balance , and fell overboard. Subsequently, Victim #1 drifted into the propeller of vessel #1, causing sever lacerations to the right arm, shoulder, torso, and thigh, as well as broken ribs. The remaining passengers on board Vessel #1 retrieved Victim #1 from the water, and moored at Dock Outfitters, where EMS and Paramedics already on scene awaited their arrival. Due to the extent of the injuries sustained, Victim # 1 was medevac'd to Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune NJ .