V1 OPERATOR WAS FISHING EAST OF GOMEZ ROCKS. V1 OPERATOR STARTED HIS ENGINE AND TRAVELED EAST TO THE TIP OF MAGROVE POINT. HE THEN CAME OFF PLANE AND TRIED TO SHUT HIS ENGINE TO IDLE SPEED. DUE TO OPERATIOR INATTENTION HE TURNED THE THROTTLE OF HIS ENGINE THE WRONG WAY AND OPENED THE ENGINE TO HALF THROTTLE. V1 DID A 360 DEGREE TURN AND THREW THE OPERATOR OUT OF THE VESSEL. THE VESSEL CONTINIED IN CIRCLES AND THE FOOT/SKEG ImPACTED THE OPERATOR INDER HIS LEFT ARMPIT. THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO TRAVEL IN CIRCLES UNTIL IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANGROVE ISLAND. THE OPERATOR THEN SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND DRAGGED THE VESSEL AS CLOSE TO THE ISLAND AS HE COULD. ANOTHER VESSEL IN THE AREA PICKED UP THE OPERATOR AND TRANSPORTED HIM BACK TO SHORE. THE OPERATOR WAS TAKEN TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
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