RedactedNarrative: At approximately 1211 hours on July 3rd, 2020, a vessel was being operated on the Atlantic Ocean just off Alan Shepard Park in Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida. The vessel was being operated by a white male wearing a dark gray/black shirt. The vessel was heading towards the beach area with the operator not at the helm. The beach at Alan Shepard Park was busy with beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers starting the long holiday weekend. At approximately 20-30 yards offshore, the vessel turned to the starboard sharply altering course to the Northeast. 
  
  When the vessel turned, it ran through a group of about 15 to 20 surfers in the water. The victim (a juvenile) was struck by the vessel and sustained a significant injury to her left heel. The operator of the vessel did not stop and left the scene in a North/Northeast direction. 
  
  The victim was recovered from the water by Good Samaritans and Ocean Rescue and was transported as a Trauma Alert to Holmes Regional Medical Center by Brevard County Fire Rescue. Once at Holmes Regional Medical Center, the victim was stabilized and then transferred to Arnold Palmer Children’s hospital in Orlando. The victim was later transferred to a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina to continue treatment closer to home.
  
  The vessel and operator were observed entering Port Canaveral and being loaded on a trailer at Freddie Patrick Park. During the investigation, the operator and vessel were identified. The operator was interviewed, and the vessel was seized and placed into evidence. 
  
  Charges
  F.S. 327.30(5) Collisions, accidents, and casualties
  F.S. 327.33(1) Reckless or careless operation of vessel; 
  
  Victim suffered a laceration that cut through her foot from the bottom of her heel to top of her foot causing serious bodily injury. In addition to sustaining a broken foot and heel bones, the plantar facia was completely severed, and she has an ongoing loss of feeling on the bottom of her foot (probable long-term nerve damage).
  