RedactedNarrative: On September 2, 2018 at approximately 1500 hours, a single vessel accident occurred on the Intracoastal waterway (ICW) in Edgewater in Volusia County, Florida. At approximately 1300 hours, Operator 1 was picked up by his friend, Occupant 1, on a 14’ Carolina Skiff (V-1) from Veteran’s Memorial Park on the ICW in Edgewater. They headed Southeast towards an unnamed island just South of “Dicks cut”, and beached V-1 on the island. At some point, Operator 1, Occupant 1, and Occupant 2 took V-1 on the ICW to go tubing.  Operator 1 and Occupant 1 took turns pulling each other on a tube behind V-1 on the ICW to the East of the island. Operator 1 was the operator of V-1 during the time of the incident, Occupant 2 was an occupant, and Occupant 1 was being pulled on the tube (towed skier).  
  
  At approximately 1500 hours, Operator 1 was operating in close proximity to the island just Southeast of Dick’s Cut. Operator 1 reduced the throttle prior to making a turn to port, crossed over an oncoming wake, and then increased to full throttle while coming out of the turn. The tube being towed behind V-1 also crossed over the oncoming wake at which point the operator and the occupant were ejected from V-1. Occupant 1 “bailed” off the tube when he saw V-1 heading toward the island. Operator 1 was not wearing the available kill switch lanyard, and V-1 continued underway, not under command. V-1 struck Victim 1 (5 year-old juvenile) who was swimming within close proximity to the island. 
   
  Victim 1 was transported by vessel to the George Kennedy Park boat ramp where he was met by first responders. He was then transported to Arnold Palmer hospital in Orlando via life-flight.  Victim 1’s injuries included lacerations to his right and left buttocks, and lacerations to his lower right leg and foot. Timothy’s injuries were deemed “serious bodily injury” due to the substantial risk of protracted impairment of the function of his leg and foot due to potential tendon and nerve damage.  Operator 1, Occupant 1, and Occupant 2 were uninjured and declined medical treatment on scene.