ON 9/5/11, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30AM, operator WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 14 MPH ON THE CAPE FEAR RIVER WHEN HE RAN HIS BOAT ONTO A SHALLOW SHOAL.  operator STATED HE WAS IN THE CHANNEL WHEN HE STRUCK THE SHOAL AND HE BELIEVED THE CHANNEL HAD SHIFTED DUE TO A HURRICANE PASSING THROUGH THE AREA THE PREVIOUS WEEK.  operator WAS THROWN INTO THE HELM AS A RESULT OF THE SUDDEN IMPACT.

operator's BOAT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.

operator SUSTAINED A LACERATION ON HIS NOSE AND BOTH HE AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISING AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

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NO SPECIFICATION AS TO WHERE THE BRUISING WAS LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER.
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