RedactedNarrative: On 06/21/2015 at approximately 1703 hours, I, Officer, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was on land patrol in south Pinellas County when I received a call about a boating accident involving a personal watercraft (PWC) in Long Bayou. I arrived on scene at approximately 1716 and was told that the operator of the PWC tried to pull the lanyard out to stop the vessel and instead lost control, hit his head on a tree branch, and was knocked off the back of the PWC. Injured person was transported to Bayfront Medical Center. 
  
  We arrived on scene at approximately 1716 hours, we passed EMS as they were exiting the KOA Campground and Officer got the victim's information and where they were taking him so we could follow up later at the hospital. We proceeded to the site of the accident and made contact with the witnesses on scene. Multiple witnesses on scene stated that Operator was operating the PWC at a high rate of speed as he approached the shoreline. Operator went to pull out the emergency stop lanyard in order to turn off the engine to the PWC as he was approaching the shoreline and was unsuccessful. Operator collided with the mangrove trees near the shoreline along the port side of his PWC, causing a laceration to the left side of his forehead and left leg. As Operator hit his head on a tree branch, was ejected off the back of the PWC and the PWC glanced off the mangroves and landed approximately 10 feet onto the shoreline. We had a witness fill out a sworn written statement documenting what he observed (see attached) and multiple family members on scene advised us it was his first time operating a PWC. Operator was transported to Bayfront Medical Center via ambulance. We arrived at Bayfront Medical Center to check on the status of Operator and was advised that he suffered minor lacerations to the left side of his forehead and left leg and would be treated and released on his own recognizance.  Operator suffered a 3 inch laceration to left side of head above left eyebrow.