A REPORT WAS MADE ABOUT A POSSIBLE BOATING ACCIDENT THE OFFICER CONTACTED THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HE WAS GIVEN. PASSENGER MET WITH OFFICER TO GIVE HIM A STATEMENT REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED. tHE OPERATOR STATED THAT THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT AND THAT HE COULD CONTACT HIS ATTORNEY. OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH IN THE HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY THE PASSENGER, HE AND (OPERATOR) WERE IN THE VESSEL TRYING OUT SOME NEW ELECTRONICS AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PM ALONG THE WEST END OF DAUPIN ISLAND, WHEN THEY RAN UP OVER THE SAND BARRIER, LANDING ON THE BEACH. THE OPERATOR WAS EJECTED FROM THE VESSEL UPON IMPACT; HE CLIMBED BACK INTO THE VESSEL, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND CALLED FOR HELP.

WHEN THE OFFICER TRIED TO INTERVIEW THE OPERATOR, HE WAS DIRECTED TO THE OPERATOR'S ATTORNEY. LATER, THE OPERATOR CONTACTED THE OFFICER AND TOLD HIM HE WOULD SUBMIT A STATEMENT WHEN HE WAS ABLE. TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM THE OPERATOR.
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