V1 WAS HEADING NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH JUST SOUTH OF SR 50 IN THE ST JOHNS RIVER. OPERATOR STATED THAT THE STEERING QUIT WORKING CAUSING THE VESSEL TO MAKE A HARD, SUDDEN STARBOARD TURN, THROWING THE OPERATOR INTO THE CONSOLE FROM A SEATED POSITION CAUSING INJURY. THE OPERATO THEN MOVED THE VESSEL TO THE SR 50 BRIDGE, WHERE HE TIED OFF AND WALKED UP ONTO THE ROADWAY FOR ASSISTANCE.
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