On saturday, august 14, 2010 at approximately 5:30 pm, there was a boating accident on the icw near shallotte inlet.  operator and his family had anchored up on the beach near the shallotte inlet for an afternoon of fun swimming and playing on the beach.  As they prepared to leave to return home, subject was in charge of pulling up both bow and stern anchors while operator was in charge of operating the vessel.  subject pulled the bow anchor first and walked to the rear of the boat to pull the stern anchor.  operator advised that he thought subject jumped in the boat after pulling the bow anchor.  As operator backed the vessel toward the stern anchor, he collided with subject who was standing in the water.  The propeller struck subject on the back of his leg.  Ems was called to the scene and ems transported subject to brunswick memorial.
OCEAN ISLE BEACH              