RedactedNarrative: On September 26th, 2015, at approximately 1915 P.M., I Officer of The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission while on uniform patrol in Hillsborough County Florida, near the area of Bullfrog Creek, received a call from dispatch reference a boating accident with injuries on the Alafia River, Dispatch informed me that Hillsborough County Sheriffs and Fire Rescue were already on scene. I informed dispatch I was en route with a response of less than 15 minutes.
  
  I arrived on scene at 9931 Riverview Drive at approximately 1930 hours. A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy gave me all of the occupant information he had gathered. The Deputy also informed me that based on his observation he believed that alcohol could possibly be a contributing factor in the accident. The two female occupants were being transported via ambulance to Tampa General Hospital, and the male operator was being treated for a laceration to his leg above his knee but refused transportation for further treatment. 
   
  Operator explained to me that he was traveling down the river, in the idle speed zone, when he lost steering and upon inspecting his boat, he noticed that he had a hydraulic leak. He attempted to repair the leak and was able to regain steering. He continued down river and just got in the resume safe speed/ normal operation zone of the Alafia River and came up on plane, he was able to reach a speed of approximately 40 miles per hour. Not long after he got on plane he lost all steering and the vessel hooked to the right heading towards land. Operator said he was not sure but he believed that he tried to put the throttle in neutral, but was unable to slow the boat down and crashed.
  
  I asked Operator if he was sure that he had received all the treatment he wanted to on his leg. Operator responded with "Yes, I am fine." I brought it to Operator's attention that there were several empty beer cans scattered around his boat. I asked Operator how much he had to drink today and about what time he started drinking. He replied that he started drinking around noon and had consumed about 4 beers. I asked him if he would be willing to participate in field sobriety examination to determine if alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident. He agreed to participate. At approximately 1945 hours, Officer arrived on scene to help facilitate the investigation.
  
  I began the examination with the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus followed by finger to nose, palm pat, and hand coordination. Upon completion of the field sobriety tasks, I determined that Operator was not intoxicated to the point he could not operate the vessel and that alcohol was not a contributing factor. Field sobriety examination worksheet is attached. 
  
  After the field sobriety examination was complete, I asked Operator if he could provide me a sworn written statement of the information he provided to me. Operator complied. I read Operator his Miranda Rights and he provided me a sworn written statement of the events leading to the accident (See Attached). 
  
  While performing the on scene investigation, Officer met with the other two occupants, one of which had possibly suffered a broken back and we may need to seize the boat…
   