V1 was traveling north on ICW near red marker # 50. Operator of V1 took eyes of the front looking to the left. As operator look back to the front, V1 was heading straight to red marker # 50. V1 struck red marker # 50 on the vessel's starboard side. Operator's head of V1 hit steering column  and got ejected into water.
Operator sustained broken nose and laceration to inside upper lip.; 
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