RedactedNarrative: Operator #1 stated to the effect:
  I had just begun throttling up and was going between 15 and 20 knots. We were following the tracks on our GPS and were hugging the west side of the inlet when the vessel grounded on the submerged sandbar. I got jolted forward and Subject1 who was standing got thrown forward and struck my left side. 
  
  Subject1 stated to the effect: 
  Subject1 stated he was seated in back seat and had stood up between the two front seats to manipulate the electronics. It was at this time the vessel ran hard aground and Subject1 was sent forward and struck his chest on a bar on the dashboard. Subject1 also disclosed that he struck his head on operator’s hip. Subject1 stated he sustained his injury when his chest hit the dashboard. Subject1 stated he was assisted from the vessel by two other individuals and relayed by personal watercraft to Dad's Place Marina. He was then transported to Cape Regional Medical Center then relayed to Cooper Hospital for further treatment. 
  
  Investigation revealed: 
  Vessel #1 was exiting the north end of Beach Creek Inlet. The operator had just come up on the throttles and the vessel was traveling at an estimated 15 - 20 knots. The operator navigated towards the western side of the inlet where he had previously known there to be deep enough water to pass. The operator was unaware that the inlet had silted in during the winter and the submerged sandbar posed a hazard to navigation. The submerged sandbar was not marked and the channel was not marked with navigation markers. 
  
  Vessel #1 grounded on the sandbar at a high rate of speed. Subject1 who was a passenger on board was standing in the aisle between the front two seats adjusting the electronics. When the vessel grounded on the sandbar at a high rate of speed, the vessel came to a complete stop while the momentum inside the vessel sent Subject1's body forward and into the dashboard. 
  
  Subject1's chest made impact with a bar on the dashboard causing injury, internal injuries. Subject1 was removed from the vessel with the assistance of an unknown individual onto a wave runner and relayed to Dad's Place Marina. He was met by responding EMS personnel and transported to Cape Regional Medical Center. Subject1 was evaluated and transferred to Cooper Hospital due to the severity of his injuries which included a broken rib and lacerated kidney. 
  
  The cause of this accident was due to the natural shifting of the sand in the north end of Beach Creek Inlet that was observed during the winter of 2019-2020. The shifting sand formed a partially submerged sandbar in an unmarked channel. Local mariners were aware of past practices to hug the westbound side of the inlet for safe passage. The operator would not have known this if he hadn't been out operating in that area during the winter of 2019-2020. The operator stated he was unaware of the shifted sand into the normally passable channel.
  