ACCIDENT OCCURED IN THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY WHEN A PWC WAS TRAVELING TOWARD THE OCEAN ISLE BEACH BRIDGE FROM SHALLOTTE INLET.  AS IT PASSED A LARGER VESSEL THAT WAS TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  operator FAILED TO REDUCE SPEED AND JUMPED THE WAKE CREATED BY THE OTHER VESSEL.  HIS PWC BECAME AIRBORNE AND HE FELL FROM THE VESSEL.  IN DOING SO HE STRUCK HIS FACE AND ANKLE ON THE HULL OF THE PWC.
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