I, Officer Specialist am a sworn law enforcement officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).  On Monday, June 12th 2023 at approximately 1500 hours I was dispatched to a boating accident at watersports.  Reportedly two rental jet skis crashed into each other.
After arriving on scene, I met with the livery manager.  He directed me to two subjects who were operating the jet skis:
I interviewed both the operators and received written statements and diagrams from them.  After completing my interviews, I observed and photographed each of the jetskis. 
	V1 sustained minor damage to the starboard bow area of the ski consisting of minor scuffs and scraps to the gel coat below the waterline.
	V2 sustained a large approximately 6 inch by 8 inch hole to the starboard stern of the ski.
	My investigation determined that V1 and V2 were travelling head on towards each other in Santa Rosa sound.  V2 attempted to avoid collision by turning to port. V1 was too close to avoid a collision at this point and collided with V2.  The starboard bow of V1 impacted the stern starboard quarter of V2 causing the damage.  The incident occurred in the intercoastal waterway east of Santa Rosa Sound and in the area of channel marker 89.
	V1 was operating without a proper lookout and failed to take action to avoid a collision.  I issued the operator of V1 a uniformed boating citation for operating without proper lookout.  
	I estimate the damage to the V2 to be greater than two thousand dollars.

SANTA ROSA SOUND
NAVARRE                       