ON SUNDAY MAY 24, 2009 AROUND 7:00 AM, OPERATOR WAS OPERATING HIS 17 FT. DIAMOND BOAT NC 6067 BW THROUGH NEW TOPSAIL INLET.  HE STATED THAT WHILEGOING THROUGH THE INLET, A WAVE CAME OVER THE TRANSOM CAUSING THE BACK OF THE BOAT TO SINK DOWN.  IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FIRST WAVE, ANOTHER WAVE CRASHED OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT CAUSING IT TO CAPSIZE.  HE AND HIS FRIEND, WERE THROWN OVERBOARD.  A NEARBY BOAT SAW THE MEN IN THE WATER AND ASSISTED THEM INTO THEIR VESSEL AND TOOK THEM SAFELY TO SHORE.  BOTH REMAINED UNINJURED IN THIS INCIDENT.  VESSEL SETTLED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INLET, AND WAS FOUND HOURS LATER WASHED ASHORE ON LEA ISLAND.  THE VESSEL WAS RECOVERED BY SEA TOW.  THERE WERE NO CHARGES MADE IN THIS BOATING ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.
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