Operator WAS LEAVING SOUTH CORE BANKS NEAR BEAR ISLAND HEADING NORTH TOWARDS DAVIS NC.  Operator WAS OPERATING A 12' DALE CRAFT SKIFF WITH A 9.9 TILER HANDLE OUTBOARD STANDING UP ON CORE SOUND.  THE WIND WAS BLOWING OUT OF THE NE AROUND 15 MPH.  CORE SOUND GETS TO BE A ROUGH BODY OF WATER.  Operator WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 AND 1/2 MILES FROM DAVIS NC WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE OUTBOARD WAS SNATCHED FROM HIS HANDS DUE TO ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS.  Operator FELL OVERBOARD AND THE ENGINE STAYED RUNNING WITH THE STEERING LOCKED IN ONE DIRECTION CAUSING THE BOAT TO CIRCLE HIM (CIRCLE OF DEATH).  AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE PROP STRUCK Operator CUTTING HIM ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND THEN DOWN HIS RIGHT LEG.  THE PROP GOT TANGLED UP IN Operator's PANTS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL.  THIS CAUSED Operator TO BE HUNG UP WITH THE PROP.  Operator WAS ABLE TO WORK HIS WAY OUT OF HIS PANTS FREEING HIM.  WHEN Operator TRIED TO BOARD THE BOAT FROM THE STERN, IT STARTS TAKING ON WATER AND THEN THE BOAT SINKS IN ABOUT 4-5 FEET OF WATER.  ABOUT 15 MINS OF BEING IN THE WATER WITHOUT A PFD, MISS BRENDA, A FERRY WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE Operator FROM THE WATER.  Operator WAS CARRIED TO DAVIS, THAT'S WHERE HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL BY EMS.  Operator WAS TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES AND RELEASED LATER THAT DAY.
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