RedactedNarrative: On 6/12/2020 at approximately 7:11pm, FWC Officers received a call from our Regional Dispatch office regarding a subject involved in a boating accident on the Manatee River.  EMS had checked the individual out after he returned to his home and the subject was admitted to Blake Medical Center for further assessment of injuries to his right hand and head/scalp.  
  
  According to the subject, he was ejected from his vessel while trying to avoid a collision with an oncoming vessel around a blind turn.  The subject believed he had been struck by his own propeller or that the impact with the mangroves in the area, causing the lacerations/injuries he was being assessed for.  
  
  No other damage was reported to the oncoming vessel.  The oncoming vessel did not stop and continued westbound along the Manatee River.
  
  Operator stated that he had been at Whiskey Joes Restaurant for lunch.  While there, he admitted to having two beers, then afterwards started heading eastbound up the Manatee River.  Upon rounding a blind turn near an area known as Redfish Point, Operator stated he saw a black/red or blue/red wake/jet-style vessel with a male, female, and two kids onboard emerge from the bend heading westbound straight towards him.  
  
  Operator stated he took evasive action and steered his vessel hard to starboard/right, throwing him from the vessel, and sending his vessel into the mangroves on the island.  According to Operator, no other damage was reported to the oncoming vessel and the oncoming vessel did not stop and continued westbound along the Manatee River.  
  
  This second vessel (VO2 in the diagram) was never identified. Operator sustained injuries to his right hand, lacerations on his pointer, middle and ring finger which required stitches.  Additionally, he sustained a laceration along the top of his scalp, which required 11 staples.
  