V1 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING HIS VESSEL INBOUND ON THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER ON THE GULF OF MEXICO.  V1 OPERATOR BEGAN LOOKING INTO HIS LIVE WELL MOMENTARILY, WHEN V1 STRUCK CHANNEL MARKER #27 WITH THE FRON LEFT BOW WHILE ON PLANE.  THE COLLISION CAUSED THE OPERATOR AND ONE PASSENGER TO BE THROWN INTO THE BOTTOM OF V1, WHILE EJECTING ANOTHER PASSENGER INTO THE WATER.  FWC OFF DUTY OFFICERS WERE INBOUND ON THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER FROM FISHING ON THE GULF OF MEXICO. THEY STOPPED AT THE LOCATION OF THE COLLISION AND RENDERED AID AND ASSISTED WITH RETRIEVEING THE OCCUPANT FROM THE WATER. THE OFFICERS ALSO SECURED THE SCENE AND TOWED V1 TO THE GULF BREEZE CONDOS IN STEINHATCHEE.
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