ON JUNE 4, 2010 AT 1245 operator WAS IN A SMALL JON BOAT TIED TO SOME TREES ON THE SHORE ALONG THE LOCKWOOD FOLLY RIVER SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 211 BRIDGE.  HE WAS ALONE IN THE BOAT AT THE TIME A LARGE FISHING BOAT TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE LOCKWOOD FOLLY RIVER OPPROACHED HIM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. OPERATOR STATED HE WAS WAVING HIS HANDS AND YELLING AT THE BOAT OPERATOR TO SLOW DOWN AND ALERT HIM TO HIS PRESENCE.  THE OPERATOR OF THE LARGE BOAT DIDN'T SEE OPERATOR UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE INSTANT AND SWERVED HIS BOAT TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING OPERATOR'S BOAT.  OPERATOR STATED THE LARGE FISHING BOAT MISSED HIS SMALL JON BOAT BY TEN FEET.  THE WAKE CREATED BY THE LARGE BOAT IN THE RIVER BEGAN ROCKING THE SMALL JON BOAT OPERATOR WAS IN.  OPERATOR GRABBED BOTH SIDES OF THE GUNWALES TO KEEP FROM BEING THROWN OUT OF THE BOAT.  WHILE operator WAS HOLDING ONTO THE SIDES OF THE BOAT, THE LARGE WAKE FORCED HIS JON BOAT AGAINST THE SHORELINE OF THE RIVER.  OPERATOR'S FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE BOAT AND SOME EXPOSED TREED ROOTS ON THE SHORELINE CAUSING A SEVERELY LACERATED FINGER.  THE OPERATOR OF THE LARGE FISHING BOAT NEVER STOPPED.

OPERATOR AND HIS GIRLFRIEND OPERATED HIS BOAT BACK TO THE RAMP ON 7TH STREET IN THE SUNSET HARBOR SUBDIVISION AND DROVE TO THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY HOSPITAL.  operator WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL WITH A DEEP LACERATION AND NERVE DAMAGE TO HIS FINGER.  NO ALCOHOL USE WAS OBSERVED ON OPERATOR AND HIS BOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH ALL REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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