AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00PM ON AUGUST 14, 2009 VESSEL #1 NC-5056-DG WAS HEADED SOUTH ON THE PASQUOTANK RIVER AT APPROXIMATELY 32 M.P.H. JUST AS THE VESSEL WAS NORTH OF MARKER 9 AND RUNNING THE MIDCHANNEL OF THE PASQUOTANK RIVER THE VESSEL STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT.  AT THAT TIME THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL, CALLED HIS FATHER, THE OWNER, AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED.  THE OPERATOR, THEN DROVE THE VESSEL TO THE BOAT RAMP AT WATER FRONT PARK IN ELIZABETH CITY.  THE OWNER WAS WAITING AT THE BOAT RAMP WITH A VEHICLE AND BOAT TRAILER.  THEY LOADED THE VESSEL ONTO THE TRAILER AND PULLED IT OUT OF THE WATER TO INSPECT WHAT DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED TO THE BOTTOM STERN OF THE VESSEL.  THE INSPECTION REVEALED WOOD PARTICLES WEDGED IN THE HULL, DAMAGE TO THE FIBERGLASS ON THE TRANSOM, THE SPLASHWELL, MOTOR COVER, AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  THE VESSEL WAS DELIVERED TO LAYTON'S BOAT WORKS IN EDENTON FOR REPAIR, THE ESTIMATE WAS OVER $2,000.

NO CHARGES WERE FILLED IN THIS ACCIDENT, NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT, AND PFD'S WERE AVALIABLE BUT NOT WORN BY SURVIVORS.
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