RedactedNarrative: On Saturday June 9, 2018 at approximately 1330 hours, 16 year old operator was operating a personal watercraft (PWC) south on the ICW 0.9 of a mile north of Carolina Beach Inlet.  Her father was supervising as a rear passenger on the PWC.  The family had rented this and another PWC from Wilmington Jet Ski Rentals out of Carolina Beach and received instruction from the business prior to operating.  The family stated that part of the instruction included how to navigate the channel markers along the ICW.  They stated that they were told the green channel markers meant "go" and the red markers meant "dead" and to stay away from the red markers and go towards the green.  
  
  As Operator was traveling south on the ICW, her and her father stated they were looking for a green channel marker and did not see any.  They stated that all of a sudden they came to an abrupt stop when they hit a sandbar.  When they hit the sandbar, both passengers lunged forward and Operator's left hand/wrist jammed against the handlebars of the PWC breaking her wrist in two places.  Three Marine Fisheries officers were nearby and transported her to Inlet Watch Marina where she was checked out by EMS.  EMS advised her to go to urgent care to have her writst X-rayed.  X-rays showed that her left wrist was broken in two places.
  
  During the investigation Sgt. and Officer went back to talk with the owner of the vessel livery.  Owner stated that he would talk with whoever gave the instruction on the channel markers and get that cleared up.  It was determined that the PWC he had rented had been purchased by him a year and he had never transferred ownership or registration.  Owner was issued a citation for an expired registration on the PWC.  The handlebar cover on the PWC was cracked as a result of this accident with an estimated damage of $50.
  
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