ON MAY 9, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00AM, OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A 21 FOOT PRO-LINE ON LOWER BROAD CREEK IN PAMLICO COUNTY.  OPERATOR'S FATHER IS THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL BUT IS ASLEEP IN BED WHEN THE VESSEL IS SET OFF IN THE RIVER.  ON BOARD WITH OPERATOR IS FRIEND, WHICH HAD NO BOATING EXPERIENCE AT ALL.  BOTH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DRINKING THROUGHOUT THE PREVIOUS DAY AND NIGHT AND BOTH WERE VERY INTOXICATED AT THE TIME OF SET OFF.  BEER WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD AND CONSUMED WHILE IN OPERATION.  WHILE TRAVELING AROUND THE LOWER BROAD CREEK RIVER AREA, OPERATOR PUT THE VESSEL ON PLANE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, CRUSING SPEED.  OPERATOR HAD VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE WITH A BOAT AND LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA.  WITH NO LOOKOUT, EXCESS SPEED, ALCOHOL, AND INEXPERIENCE, OPERATOR HIT A DOCK/PILING THAT WAS IN THE WATER AT A VACANT LOT THAT DAMAGED THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL.  INTENSE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FIBERGLASS OF THE BOAT, THE FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH IT.  THERE WAS ALSO A WINDOW ON THE CABIN BROKE OUT WHERE A PIECE OF THE PILING WENT THROUGH IT HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE OPERATOR, BUT LUCKILY A BOLT WAS STICKING OUT ENOUGH TO CATCH ON THE BOAT TO STOP THE OBJECT.  I WENT TO INVESTIGATE THE VESSEL AT THE BOAT SLIP AND I HAD NO PROBLEM FIGURING OUT WHICH BOAT WAS THE DAMAGED ONE.  THE VESSEL WAS COVERED IN FIBERGLASS AND THE HULL HAD A GASH DOWN THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO OPERATE THE VESSEL BACK TO HIS FATHER'S BOAT SLIP WHERE HE SECURED THE VESSEL AND SOUGHT IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION.  OPERATOR WAS COHERENT ENOUGH FOR HIS FATHER TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL INSTEAD OF USING AN AMBULANCE.   FRIEND OF OPERATORS WAS NOT HURT BY THE ACCIDENT, SO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT NEEDED FOR HIM.  OPERATOR HAD TWO LACERATIONG TO HIS FACE, ONE TO THE NOSE AND ONE TO THE EYE BROW, WHERE HE RECEIVED STITCHES.  OPERATOR ALSO HAD BRUISING TO THE STOMACH AREA WHERE HE HAD STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL WITH THE ABRUPT STOP.  OPERATOR WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
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