RedactedNarrative: On thursday, june 2, 2016, at approximately 2:45 pm, operator1 was operationg a rental pwc (nc 0989 ed) on the icw just west of the oib bridge.  He had on board two occupants, his brother and a younger passenger.  
  
  According to Operator1, they were headed back to return the rental pwc and were headed east on the icw.  They encountered two larger vessels which were headed west in the opposite direction.  The two larger vessels were creating fairly large wakes.  Operator1 stated that they were operating at approximately 4o miles per hour when the pwc hit the first wake, went airborne and then came down and impacted the second wake from the second vessel.  
  
  Upon impact with the second wake, the pwc turned sharply and all three were occupants were thrown off the vessel.  It appears that in the act of being thrown from the vessel, occupant’s head impacted the side rear view mirror of the pwc which resulted in him receiving a small laceration above his left eye and also being knocked unconscious.  
  
  According to the operator, Operator1, he saw his brother floating face down in the water.  He swam over to him, rolled him over and noticed he was breathing very heavily.  His brother soon regained consciousness and all three occupants reboarded the pwc and headed straight to the rental location (oib fishing center).  
  
  Once there, the emergency services were notified and because of the injured occupants condition, he was air lifted to grand strand hospital in myrtle beach south carolina.  He had fluid in his lungs and minor bleeding on the brain.  It appears that operator inexperience combined with congested waters contributed to this incident.  All three occupants were wearing uscg approved pfds and alcohol and drugs were not a contributing factor.  No charges were filed as the operation at the time did not amount to careless or reckless behavior.