OFFICER WAS AT WASHINGTON BAUM BRIDGE ACCESS AREA AROUND 6:15 PM ON SUNDAY, JUNE 27TH WHEN operator APPROACHED HIM.  operator ASKED THE OFFICER WOULD HE TAKE A LOOK AT HIS SON TO SEE IF HIS INJURY REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  officer STATED HE WAS NOT A DOCTOR BUT TO HIM THE INJURY DID NEED STITCHES.  operator STATED THAT HIS SON  WAS LAYING DOWN ON THE BOW WHEN THEY STRUCK A WAVE AND THE BOW HIT HIS SON UNDER THE CHIN.  officer ASKED WHY HIS SON WAS LAYING DOWN ON THE BOW, AND HE STATED BECAUSE THE OPEN WATER WAS ROUGH AND HIS SON COULD HOLD ON THE BOAT BETTER, HE ALSO STATED THAT A THIRD PASSENGER WAS IN THE ONLY OPEN SEAT IN THE BOAT.  victim WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL BY HIS MOTHER WHERE HIS INJURY WAS GLUED SHUT.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PASSENGER THAT WAS INJURED WAS LAYING DOWN IN THE VESSEL TO BE MORE SECURE.
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