V1 WAS UNDERWAY AT A SLOW SPEED HEADING EAST THROUGH THE SEBASTIAN INLET CHANNEL DURING A SWIFT OUTGOING TIDE APPROACHING THE A1A BRIDGE. V1 OPERATOR BEGAN TURNING TO PORT AND WAS SWEPT INTO THE SOUTHWEST FENDER, CAUSING V1 TO CAPSIZE AND ALL OCCUPANTS TO BE EJECTED INTO THE WATER. V1 OPERATOR WAS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE HULL AND WAS UNABLE TO SWIM FREE. THE OTHER TWO OCCUPANTS RESURFACED AND WERE ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE HULL OF V1. GOOD SAMARITAN VESSELS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND RESCUED THE OPERATOR AND OCCUPANTS FROM THE WATER. V1 OPERATOR WAS NOT BREATHING AND RESCUERS PERFORMED CPR WHILE TRANSPORTING HIM TO THE BOAT RAMP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SEBASTIAN INLET STATE PARK. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY EMS TOOK OVER RESCUE EFFORTS AND THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO SEBASTIAN RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND LATER TO HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE OPERATOR IS IN CRITICAL, BUT STABLE CONDITION.
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