RedactedNarrative: On 6/15/2016, I, FWC Officer responded to a boating accident involving a jet ski (FL0746PN) out of Doctors Lake Marina.  An employee for boat rentals out of Doctors Lake Marina reported the accident after a subject returned a damaged Jet Ski he had rented earlier in the day.    Mr. Harvey informed me Operator sustained injuries to his chest as a result of the accident and was transported to Orange Park Medical Center by several friends whom had also rented Jet Ski's.  I met with operator at the Medical Center and obtained a statement regarding the details of the accident.  
   
  Operator stated he had completed a boater's safety education course but was inexperienced with Jet Skis.  He and his friends traveled to the Julington Creek area before turning around and heading west.  Operator stated he was about a quarter mile west of the State Road 13 Bridge and traveling at an unknown rate of speed when he struck a wooden post located somewhere in that area.  The collision occurred on the starboard bow side of the Jet Ski and ejected Operator into the water.  Upon ejecting, Operator struck the right side of his chest on the pole causing several broken ribs before falling into the water.  
   
  Operator was wearing a life jacket at the time of impact and received aid by fellow Jet Skier operators.  Operator's Jet Ski was left inoperable with a broken steering column, bent handlebars, broken instrument cluster, broken side mirrors and fiberglass damage to the bow portion of the vessel.  One of Operator's friends gave him a ride back to Doctor's Lake Marina with the damaged Jet Ski in tow.  Operator was issued one warning for careless operation of a vessel. 
   
   The operator was diagnosed with several broken ribs on the right side of his body.
   
  