RedactedNarrative: On september 28, 2020 at approximately 11:49 hours operator was standing at the helm operating his 16-foot fiberglass ankona motorboat (vessel 1) on the intracoastal waterway.  
  
  Vessel 1 was traveling in a north easterly direction on the intracoastal waterway at an estimated speed of 25 to 40 mph when the port side bow impacted the eastern side of a wooden marine pylon with a slow speed sign attached to it.  
  
  The operator was ejected from vessel 1 and suffered injuries consistent with striking a fixed object.  Vessel 1 bounced off the pylon in an easterly direction and ran aground a few yards north of it along the edge of the waterway.  
  
  According to the operator, just before vessel 1 collided with the marine pylon he was looking out in the marsh to the east for fishing spots and bent over to grab his phone.  After the operator was ejected into the shallow water on the edge of the intracoastal waterway, he crawled over to vessel 1, grabbed his phone, and called his wife.  His wife then called 911.  
  
  New hanover county fire/rescue marine 14 arrived on scene by boat ant transported the victim to the edgewater dock just south of the figure eight island bridge.  Operator1 was then loaded into an ambulance and transported over the bridge to figure eight island, where he was air lifted by helicopter to new hanover regional medical center.  
  
  The operator cracked his pelvic bone on both the left and right side, fractured his spinal transverse process on the l3 and l4 vertebrate, sustained a laceration to his right leg shin area, sustained a  laceration to his left side just above his hip, and contusions on the lower half of his left side.  The operator was admitted to the hospital and underwent surgery to repair his hip on september 30th, 2020. Vessel 1 suffered major damage to the fiberglass gunnel, hull, and rub rail along the entire port left side bow and the port side stern.
  