OFFICER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BOAT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED NEAR HATTERAS INLET ON MAY 1, 2010 AROUND 12:30PM.  OFFICER MADE CONTACT WITH THE USCG AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE 6 PEOPLE IN THE WATER AND ONE WAS DECEASED.  A PASSING BY CHARTER BOAT AND THE USCG ASSISTED WITH THE RECOVERY OF ALL PASSENGERS. officer INTERVIEWED THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THEY WERE FISHING JUST OFF OF A SHOAL NEAR HATTERAS INLET WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE SAID THAT HE AND HIS 14 YEAR OLD SON WERE ON THE TOWER OF THE VESSEL WATCHING THE OTHER PASSENGERS REEL IN SEVERAL FISH.  HE NOTICED A WHITE WATER WAVE HEADING FOR THE SIDE OF HIS VESSEL, HE STATED HE KNEW THE BOAT COULD HANDLE IT, and WASN'T ALARMED.  THE WAVE HIT THE VESSEL AND THREW OPERATOR AND HIS SON OFF OF THE TOWER AND INTO THE WATER.  HE THEN STATED THE BOAT CAPSIZED AND THREW ALL PASSENGERS OUT EXCEPT FOR THE YOUNGEST CHILD.  OPERATOR RECOVERED LIFE VEST OUT OF THE BOAT AND SECURED THE ADULTS WITH VESTS.  occupant STATED THAT HE AND THE OTHER 3 ADULTS WERE IN THE WATER HOLDING ONTO THE BOAT AND THEY HAD PLACED THE CHILDREN ON THE BOW.  OCCUPANT STATED AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR WENT BY A WAVE HIT THE VESSEL AND THREW THE CHILDREN INTO THE WATER.  HE STATED THAT THE TWO UNDER 13 YEAR OLD CHILDREN WERE WEARING A LIVE VEST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  AT THIS POINT, OPERATOR STATED THAT HIS FATHER, WAS STARTING To PANIC.  HE MANAGED TO TAKE HIS LIFE VEST OFF AND PUT IT UNDER HIS FATHER'S LEGS TO GIVE HIM MORE FLOTATION.  HE ALSO STATED THAT one occupant HAD STARTED TO DRIFT AWAY WITH HIS SON.  OPERATOR THEN STARTED TO SWIM TO HIS SON and another occupant WHO WERE ALSO DRIFTING AWAY. HE STATED HE SWAM THEM BACK TO THE VESSEL AND NOTICED HIS FATHER LAYING FACE DOWN IN THE WATER.  HE SWAM TO HIM AND NOTICED THAT HE WAS ALMOST OUT OF HIS LIFE VEST.  HE TRIED TO HELP HIS FATHER, BUT THE CHILDREN HAD STARTED DRIFTING AWAY AGAIN.  OPERATOR TIED HIS FATHER TO THE BOW LINE SO HIS BODY WOULD NOT DRIFT AWAY.  HE STATED THAT HE THEN SWAM UNDER THE VESSEL AND RETRIEVED FLARES AND IGNITED THAM TO SIGNAL FOR HELP.  OPERATOR SAID THEY WERE IN THE WATER ABOUT 4 HOURS WHILE ALL THESE EVENTS OCCURRED.  SOON AFTER LIGHTING THE FLARES HE NOTICED A VESSEL HEADING BACK INTO THE INLET AND WERE SOON RESCUED.  occupant AND HIS SON WERE RESCUED ABOUT A MILE FROM WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  Three people WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL AND WERE TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND WERE SOON RELEASED.  Two people WERE NOT TRANSPORTED OR TREATED FOR ANY INJURY.  father WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE USCG STATION WHERE THE MEDICS TRIED TO REVIVE HIM.  HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SOON AFTER ARRIVAL. NO CHARGES WERE FILED DUE TO HAZARDOUS WATERS.
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