RedactedNarrative: This is a single vessel crash which resulted in serious bodily injury. Vessel 1 collided with a fixed object, ICW Channel Marker 65. Vessel 1 had one person on board. Vessel 1 operator was flown by air to Ryder Trauma Center in Miami. 
  
  Accident
  V-1 approached the intra-coastal waterway marker 65. His approximate speed was 29 MPH.  V-1 operator did not see the channel marker. V-1 crashed into the I beam of channel Marker 65 striking it with its port side mid bow. The vessel engines were idling after the strike and the boat was moving in a slow circle.  The vessel was found drifting just outside the intra Coastal waterway channel.
  
  Post Accident
  After the collision the vessel was approached by Good Samaritan and his family (See attached witness statement). Good sam called out to the circling boat. No one answered. He saw V-1 operator climbing towards the helm with blood coming from his head and arm. Good Samaritan tried to determine if others were on board. USCG small boat crew arrived on scene to render aid. FWC officers arrived shortly after USCG. Operator was transported to shore at nearby Mangrove Marina. Once on shore it was determined by EMS he would be life flighted to Ryder Trauma due to nature of injuries;
  
  Subject suffered a laceration to the head and left arm as well as a cut on the right leg. He also suffered a C-2 Dens fracture, L1 to L5 Transverse Process fracture, T6 to L2 Spinal Fracture. He was taken by air to Ryder Trauma Center.
  