ON AUGUST 7, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00PM, Operator WAS OPERATING HIS VESSEL HEADED NORTH ON THE PASQUOTANK RIVER.  THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE ON THE VESSEL AND ONE PERSON BEING TOWED BEHIND THE VESSEL ON A TUBE.  AS THEY WERE GOING NORTH ON THE PASQUOTANK RIVER, THE OPERATOR STATED HE WAS GOING AROUND THE BEND IN THE RIVER.  THE TUBE GOT TOO FAR OUT, HIT SOME BRUSH, AND A TREE STUMP.  Tuber STRUCK SOME BRUSH AND A TREE STUMP ON THE CAMDEN COUNTY SIDE OF THE PASQUOTANK RIVER.  Tuber WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE MINUTES.  THERE WERE NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.  Operator WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VESSEL ON THE WATERS OF THE STATE IN A RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT MANNER (G.S. 75A-10), ALSO A WARNING TICKET FOR IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF VALIDATION DECAL (G.S. 75A-4).
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