V1 WAS TRAVELING EAST FROM THE KENNEDY POINT BOAT RAMP IN THE CHANNEL TO THE ICW. WHILE UNDERWAY THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL TURNED TO WORK ON THE ENGINE. THE OPERATOR TURNED AFTER ADJUSTING THE CHOKE OF THE VESSEL TO FACE THE BOW OF THE VESSEL. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO THROTTLE UP THE ENGINE AND COLLIDED WITH A CHANNEL MARKER. THE BOW OF THE VESSEL COLLIDED WITH THE CHANNEL MARKER THROWING THE OCCUPANT BACK FIRST INTO THE CHANNEL MARKER KNOCKING HIM UNCoNSCIOUS. THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN OUT OF THE VESSEL ON THE STARBOARD STERN SIDE. THE OCCUPANT WAS FLOWN TO HOLMES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH HEAD RIB AND COLLAR BONE INJURIES.
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