RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, 04/24/16 at approximately 10:00 PM, Boating Accident #FWSA-16-OFF-3842 occurred on the Intracoastal Waterway and Lake Santa Barbra in Pompano Beach in Broward County. The accident occurred at Channel Marker 74, Latitude N26 13.3853, W80 5.7655. The operator of the vessel was traveling at a careless speed and struck channel marker 74 in Lake Santa Barbra. The accident resulted in contusions and scratches, one occupant suffered a broken leg.
  
  Interview (operator)
  
  • He stated that they were having dinner at Kaluz restaurant.
  • He stated they everyone was drinking heavily. 
  • He stated that he had only one beer that was iced down.
  • He said that Subject1 was not feeling good and she walked home from the restaurant.
  • He stated that everyone else got on the vessel and headed north on the intracoastal.
  • He stated the two people were sitting in the front of the boat.
  • He also stated that he was operating the boat and another was standing next to him.
  • He stated that he was operating the boat at slow speed and that the woman next to him kept bumping into the throttles.
  • He stated that she had too much to drink and could not hold herself up and that is why she was bumping into the throttles.
  • He stated that he came across a Sea Tow towing another vessel and that he started to yell at them because they did not have their navigational lights on.
  • He stated that he missed his turn and turned around.
  • He stated that when he turned around is when the woman next to him bumped into the throttles again making the vessel pick up speed and that is when the vessel collided with the channel marker.
   
  One person in the front suffered a fractured tibia; The woman next to the operator had bruising to her right inner thigh.; The operator sustained a head injury. Bled from the ear and complained of headaches.
   
  