V1 WAS TRVELING WEST INTO BOCA BAYOU CHANNEL.  V1 PARTIALLY STRUCK A SUBMERGED CHANNEL MARKER WITH ITS STARBOARD BOW.  THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO THE CONSOLE CAUSING MULTIPLE WOUNDS TO HIS FACE.  PASSENGER WAS THROWN INTO THE BOW OF THE VESSEL.  AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, THE STEEL CHANNEL MARKER WAS BROKEN OFF APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE AND HAD NO BUOY ATTACHED TO IT SHOWING ITS LOCATION.
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