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  On May 17, 2020 at approximately 1920 Hrs. a single vessel accident occurred on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) at the Marker 8 Hotel, 1 Dolphin Dr., St. Augustine, Fl. 32080. V1 a 2005, 13-foot Boston Whaler powered by a single 40 hp outboard, occupied by one adult male.  V1 had an allision with the hotel’s dock and veered away and collided with the concrete abutment of the Bridge of Lions.  The operator of V1 sustained no injuries and was arrested for boating under the influence post-accident investigation.  
  
    	
   
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  I responded to assist St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD) with a single vessel crash at Marker 8 Hotel’s dock, at 1 Dolphin Dr. in St. Augustine.  The Vessel (V1) displaying Florida registration number, Fl 5567 MY, a 2005 13-foot Boston Whaler, struck a dock at Marker 8 Hotel and veered away and hit the abutment for the Bridge of Lions on the eastside of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). 
  
  V1 was operated by an adult white male.  No other occupants were aboard V1.   Operator took off on foot, prior to my arrival on scene, and was apprehended by SAPD and placed into a patrol vehicle and charged with resisting an officer without violence.  Cpl. informed me, Operator was possibly impaired.  
  
  Witness 1 stated:
  •	She “heard a loud boat motor noise,” she looked up to see the boat in question hit the “northeast area of the north dock at Marker 8 hotel.”
  •	The “force of the crash caused the boat to be pushed back probably five feet or so.”
  •	The boat “immediately swung sharp toward the shore,” (post impact with the dock), then “engine revved up, boat swung and set a straight and extremely fast course straight toward the cement area and the east end of the Bridge of Lions.”
  •	The operator was “Yelling obscenities” the “whole time”.  
  •	Boat “bounced back” from the bridge abutment.
  •	Operator seemed “stunned for a few seconds.”
  •	Operator “jumped up” and tried to start the motor.
  •	“Continued several times to restart the motor with no success.”
  •	She was “surprised the boat was still afloat” after the collisions.
  
  Witness2
  •	She observed a boat “speeding away from the dock” moving “extremely fast” crashing into the bridge abutment.
  •	Upon impact with the abutment a man was “jolted” forward in the boat and the console “dislodged.”
  •	He attempted to start the motor.
  •	The operator of boat tied the boat to the Marker 8 Hotel dock.
  •	The operator seemed “unsteady on his feet.”
  •	When she heard the operator speak his speech seemed “irregular.” 
  
  
  