V1 WAS TRAVELING WEST OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE ANCLOTE RIVERAT MARKER 9, V1 TURNED TO STARBOARD TO HEAD NORTH OUT OF THE CHANNEL. V1 HIT A BOAT WAKE, CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO LOSE STEERING AND THROTTLE CONTROL DUE TO THE TILLER EXTENSION HANDLE COMING OFF. THE OPERATOR IS EJECTED INTO THE GULF WATER WITH V1 CIRCLING HIM. AFTER APPROXIMATELY THREE CIRCLES, V1'S PROPELLER CATCHES HIS SHIRT PULLING HIM INTO THE PROPELLER. V1 OPERATOR WAS INJURED BY THE PROPELLER, BUT NOT CUT BY IT. HE WAS CUT OUT OF HIS SHIRT AND FREED FROM THE PROPELLER BY TWO PASSING GOOD SAMARITAN VESSELS. THE OPERATOR AND V1 WERE TAKEN TO ANCLOTE PARK BOAT RAMP, WHERE THE OPERATOR WAS TREATED BY EMS AND TRANSPORTED TO ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL IN TAMPA FOR BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA RECEIVED TO THE CHEST AND LUNG AREA.
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