V1 OPERATOR WAS STANDING BY IN V1 AT THE HILLSBORO INLET BRIDGE WEST BOUND WHEN IT GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE FENDER SYSTEM. V1 OPERATOR THEN MISJUDGED THE CURRENT AND THE VESSEL TURNED TO STARBOARD. V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, BUT THE ENGINE FAILED, CAUSING THE VESSEL TO STRIKE THE NORTH FENDER SYSTEM ON ITS PORT SIDE. V1 THEN POWERED OUT AFTER STARTING ITS ENGINES. V1 OPERATOR THEN DID A U-TURN, STRIKING THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FENDER SYSTEM WITH ITS STARBOARD SIDE. THEN THE VESSEL PROCEEDED SOUTH UNDER THE BRIDGE.
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