RedactedNarrative: On 09/16/2017, Operator was operating his 2008 FourWinns boat from his lake house, at 727 Wilkerson Ln, on Tims Ford Lake to the Devil''s Step Boat Ramp to turn it over to some boat shop employees to be winterized.  After driving a little over ½ of a mile from his dock, Operator ran into the middle bridge pillar under Lee Ford Bridge.  
  According to Operator he was cruising at around 18mph when he could last remember from around 100 ft away from the bridge. There were two adults and two juveniles fishing in a boat on the other side of the bridge from the accident.  The fishermen heard the crash of Operators boat and they came to the other side of the bridge to see what had happened.  They found Operator lying in the floor of his boat bleeding and conscious, but disoriented.  One of the men is a paramedic and he gave Operator First Aid until the Fire Dept and ambulance arrived.
  Operator had a laceration to his left forehead, had four broken ribs, his left eye socket was cracked, had a bruised spinal cord, and a minor skull fracture.  Operator was treated and released from the hospital.
  Operator was the only person on board the boat and there were no other witnesses that we could find.
  Operator told me that he cannot remember anything after being headed towards the bridge about 100 ft away, until he woke up on the floor of the boat after the accident.  I am unable to determine out how the accident occurred with the evidence that I have and with no eye witnesses.  Operator told me that he had not had any alcohol or drugs.  I was unable to get a blood draw from Operator to test for alcohol or drugs because he was taken out of state to the hospital and I had no probable cause for a search warrant.  There were no signs of any alcohol or drugs on the boat.  I spoke with the DA about possible charges on the Violation of PFD regulations but, considering the whole situation,  they were not in favor of bringing charges against Operator.
  Operators boat was totaled and based on what Operator told me and the information that I looked up, I estimate that his vessel was worth around $26000.