OFFICER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BOAT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21 AROUND 12:30 PM NEAR OREGON INLET.  WHITE INTERVIEWED OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1.  OPERATOR1 STATED HE WAS DRIFTING AND FISHING UNDER THE OREGON INLET BRIDGE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE ALSO STATED THAT HE THINKS HE WAS STRUCK BY A UNKNOWN VESSEL.  OFFICER INTERVIEWED OPERATOR1 A FEW DAYS LATER BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE VESSEL DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO PAINT FROM THE UNKNOWN VESSEL THAT OPERATOR1 CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY AND THE DAMAGE DID NOT LOOK LIKE A VESSEL ON VESSEL COLLISION.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE WAS FACING THE BACK OF THE BOAT WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE - OPERATOR1 THEN WENT OVERBOARD.  OPERATOR1 NEVER ACTUALLY SAW A VESSEL STRIKE HIS VESSEL.  HE STATED HIS VESSEL STARTED TURNING AROUND AND HIT A PILE.  OPERATOR1 WAS ABLE TO SWIM BACK TO HIS VESSEL AND GET ONBOARD.  THE DAMAGE ON HIS VESSEL CAME FROM THE COLLISION WITH THE PILE UNDER THE BRIDGE.  OPERATOR1 DID STATE THAT A LARGE VESSEL WAS PASSING BY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  HE ALSO STATED THAT THE CURRENT WAS VERY STRONG AND THE TIDE WAS GOING OUT.  HE LATER STATED DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT HE THINKS THAT THE WAKE OF THE PASSING VESSEL THREW HIM OVERBOARD.  DURING THE ACCIDENT HE MANAGED TO GET HOOKED IN THE LEFT FOOT.  HE THEN WENT TO THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL TO HAVE THE HOOK REMOVED.

NO CHARGES WERE FILED.  THE VESSEL THAT CAUSED THE WAKE NEVER STOPPED TO RENDER AID AND WAS NEVER FOUND.
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