RedactedNarrative: ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 A.M., PASSENGER WAS INJURED WHILE RECREATIONAL CRUISING IN THE PAMLICO SOUND WITH HIS BROTHER OPERATOR.  THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN BETWEEN BLUFF POINT AND CUNNING HARBOR ISLAND IN HYDE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. WHILE THE VESSEL WAS UNDERWAY, PASSENGER FELL INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VESSEL WHICH WAS CAUSED BY ROUGH SEAS AND EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL AND SET ANCHOR ONCE HE REALIZED PASSENGER HAD BEEN INJURED.  THE ONGOING ROUGH SEAS CAUSED THE ANCHOR LINE TO BREAK WHICH LED THE VESSEL TO BEING GROUNDED JUST INSIDE WEST BLUFF BAY.  AT APPROXIMATLEY 10:30 A.M., U.S. COAST GUARD AND NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND BOTH AGENCIES HAD UNITS RESPONDING WITH ONE HYDE COUNTY EMS MEDIC ASSISTING NCWRC.  UPON ARRIVAL TO THE VESSEL, PASSENGER WAS COMPLAINING OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE.  AFTER BEING EVALUATED BY HYDE COUNTY EMS, PASSENGER ELECTED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO BEAUFORT COUNTY HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.  NCWRC TRANSPORTED PASSENGER BY BOAT TO SWAN QUARTER BOATING ACCESS WHERE HYDE COUNTY EMS WAS STANDING BY.  HYDE COUNTY EMS TRANSPORTED PASSENGER TO BEAUFORT COUNTY HOSPOTAL FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.  AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY HOSPITAL STAFF, THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED TO PASSENGER.
  
  
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