On February 11, 2023, at approximately 1816 hours, V1 departed from Gilligan's Watersports on Destin Harbor with two persons onboard. V1’s intended destination was a sailboat which was moored in the Destin Harbor approximately 220 yards Southwest of Gilligan’s Watersports. 

At an undetermined time and for an undetermined reason, the occupants of V1 end up in the water. The operator was able to swim to shore where he was later located and transported to the hospital for treatment. The passenger was located the following day, deceased.

Refer to ISR102031 for detailed investigative report.

End of report.

Subject was transported to and admitted into the HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital for multiple lacerations from barnacles and hypothermia.

Deceased victim cause and manner of death ruled as "Undetermined" by the District One Medical Examiner's Office.
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