At or around 4:30 pm on july 31, 2010, vessel one was towing two people on a tube heading southwest in bogue sound.  Vessel one was returning back to the location where vessel two was anchored.  Vessel one passed vessel two port to port and began to slow and turn right.  When vessel one made the slight right turn, the tube it was towing proceeded towards vessel two striking it on the front corner.  One person was on the port side of the tube and the other person was riding on the starboard side of the tube.  The portside person’s head struck the side of the boat fracturing her skull.  She was lifted out of the water and taken to island harbor marina where ems arrived.  She was then taken to carteret general hospital where she was airlifted to chapel hill. IN THE STATE OF NC, ONLY TWO PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED ON A PWC WITH ONE BEING PULLED BEHIND.  THIS PWC HAD TWO ON BOARD AND WAS PULLING TWO BEHIND, CLEARLY OVERLOADED WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
EMERALD ISLE                  