OPERATOR ACCELERATED THE PWC AS THEY LEFT AN IDLE SPEED ZONE AND SWERVED TOWARDS CHANNEL MARKER 31. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE PWC AND RELEASED THE THROTTLE, WHICH ELIMINATED THE MACHINES ABILITY TO STEER. THEY STRUCK THE MARKER HEAD ON CAUSING 2000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE PWC. NEITHER PERSON WAS EJECTED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND NO DAMAGE TO THE MARKER.
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