On 8/21/2010, at 11:00am, Operator1 was operating a motor boat in mason's inlet.  Operator1 had 3 friends aboard the boat.  They were going to fish on the east side of mason's inlet.  During the boating trip through mason's inlet, Operator1 encountered 2 ft - 6 ft swells in mason's inlet.  Operator1 was operating the boat at a rate of speed of 10-20 mph.  Operator1 hit one swell and as the bow of the boat came down, a passenger on the motor boat fell and broke his hip.  Operator1 then stopped the fishing trip and called 911.  Operator1 then returned to wrightsville beach to transport victim back to ems.  victim was then transported to cape fear regional hospital and underwent surgery.  The wind was strong with a 20 mph sustained wind.  The skies were clear and the waves in the inlet were 2 ft-6ft.  The temperature was 91 f.
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