RedactedNarrative: Vessel one (V1) was traveling southbound in the Cocohatchee River at speeds around 15 to 20 miles per hour.  While making an eastbound turn around a mangrove Island V1 approached the Collier Reserve Drive Bridge.  The operator was unaware of a steel cable that was suspended from the south side of the bridge to the north side.  The cable was approximately 3 feet off the water and approximately ½ inch in diameter.
  The operator of V1 struck the cable on the left side of the neck pushing him backwards into the poling platform causing a laceration on the back of his head and forcing him to fall over board.  The cable then struck the poling platform, ripping it off the vessel into the water. 
   
  V1 continued traveling eastbound, then crashing into the mangroves along river bank. The operator brought himself to North Collier Hospital (NCH) in Naples, Florida and was released the same day.
  Nothing further.; Operator had sustained a laceration to the back of the head and bruising of the neck.  He was admitted to the North Community Hospital (NCH) and received staples for wound closure.   The cause of the accident was an unmarked cable.  The operator was unable to see it.