RedactedNarrative: ACCIDENT OCCURED ON JULY 25, 2010 BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL AUGUST 12, 2010. THE ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION IS THEREFORE BASED UPON OPERATOR AND PASSENGER STATEMENTS ONLY. OPERATOR WAS ENTERING A CURVE THAT TURNED SHARP TO HIS PORT WHEN HE RAN AGROUND ONTO A SANDBAR. THIS CAUSED THE VESSEL TO LIST TO THE STARBOARD SIDE CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VESSEL. THE VESSEL THEN CROSSED OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER STRIKING A POINT COMING OUT OF THE SHORELINE. THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE VESSEL NEAR THE STERN STRIKES THE POINT AS THE OPERATOR TRIES TO TURN THE VESSEL BACK TO HIS PORT SIDE. WHEN THE VESSEL STRIKES THE POINT IT CAUSES THE BOW TO TURN HARD TO STARBOARD STRIKING THE SHORELINE ON THE STARBOARD SIDE NEAR THE BOW. THE IMPACT CAUSES 2 PASSENGERS TO COME OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND STRIKE A RAIL MOUNTED ON THE BOW ABOVE THE GUNWHALE.  BOTH PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES.
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