ON NOVEMBER 20, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45PM subject 1 WAS OPERATING HIS ALUMACRAFT BOAT NC 8465 DF NEAR RICH'S INLETS.  HE REPORT THAT IT WAS DARK AND FOGGY THAT EVENING RESULTING IN LIMITED VISION.  subject 1 WAS OPERATING HIS BOAT UNDER 10MPH WHILE HIS FRIEND subject 2 HELD A SPOT LIGHT WHEN THEY HIT A SUBMERGED SANDBAR.  THIS CAUSED subject 2 TO FALL HITTING HIS LEFT SIDE ON A COOLER. subject 1 REPORTS IMMEDIATELY RETURNING TO THE BOAT RAMP WHERE EMS TRANSPORTED subject 2 TO NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  subject 2 SUFFERRED FROM A FRACTURED CLAVICLE AND FRACTURED RIBS ALONG HIS LEFT SIDE WHICH RESULTED IN A PUNCTURED LUNG. subject 2 WAS ADMITTED TO NHRMC WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES.  THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED BY subject 1 AND NO FURTHER INJURIES.  NO CHARGES WERE MADE IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
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