RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR ADVISED HE WAS CHECKING ON SOME DUCK BLINDS IN THE BACKWATERS OF THE WHITE RIVER WHEN HE HIT A SUBMERGED OBJECT AND THEN STRUCK A TREE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT HE WAS THROWN FORWARD AND HIT A SEAT PEDASTAL.  A WITNESS STATED SHE HEARD V1 APPROACHING AT WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND AFTER SHE HEARD THE IMPACT SAW V1 WITH IT'S MOTOR STILL RUNNING THROWING A ROOSTER TAIL. THE WITNESS CALLED FOR HELP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE OPERATOR/VICTIM TO AN AWAITING AMBULANCE.  
  
  OPERATOR WAS CITED FOR MANNER OF OPERATION AND FAILURE TO REGISTER VESSEL.