RedactedNarrative: ON 08/22/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON BELEWS LAKE BETWEEN BELEWS CREEK POWER STATION AND PINE HALL BOAT RAMP. THE VESSEL WAS A 9-FOOT 5-INCH, 2021 BRP US SEA DOO SPARK 2 WITH A GASOLINE JET DRIVE. THE VESSEL IS OWNED BY OWNER 1 AND OWNER 2. THE VESSEL WAS BEING OPERATED BY OPERATOR; PASSENGER WAS A PASSENGER. THE VESSEL HIT A WAKE FROM ANOTHER VESSEL, CAUSING OPERATORTO OVER CORRECT, THROWING BOTH PASSENGERS FROM THE VESSEL. 
  
  OPERATORARRIVED AT PINE HALL BOAT RAMP ABOUT 10:00 AM. HE WAS BROUGHT TO AN ISLAND, WHERE A PARTY WAS ORGANIZED THROUGH INSTAGRAM. THE PARTY HAD FOOD, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, AND JET SKI RENTALS AVAILABLE. WHEN OPERATORGOT TO THE ISLAND, HE ATE A CHICKEN BISCUIT AND FRUIT. OPERATORALSO HAD AN ALCOHOLIC DRINK EARLY IN THE DAY. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, 4:00 PM, OPERATOR MET WITH PASSENGER AND RENTED A JET SKI FOR AN HOUR. OPERATOR HAD NEVER OPERATED A JET SKI BEFORE THIS AND WAS GIVEN A TUTORIAL IN THE WATER HOW TO OPERATE. OPERATORDID NOT REMEMBER IF HE HAD ON THE SAFETY LANYARD, BUT PASSENGER SAID THAT HE DID HAVE IT ON. OPERATOR HAD ON A TYPE 3 LIFE VEST AND PASSENGER HAD ON A TYPE 2 LIFE VEST. OPERATOR WAS UNSURE IF HIS LIFE JACKET WAS FULLY FASTENED.  OPERATOR WAS UNSURE IF THE JET SKI WAS EQUIPPED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. AFTER THE TUTORIAL, THEY WENT TOWARDS THE POWER PLANT ON THE JET SKI. AFTER TURNING AROUND AND HEADING BACK TOWARDS THE ISLAND, THE VESSEL WAS MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THERE WERE OTHER JET SKIS AND BOATS IN THE AREA. THE JET SKI THEN HIT A WAKE OF A PONTOON GOING BY, OPERATOR SAID THAT HE WAS SLOWING DOWN ONCE HE SAW THE WAKE. ONCE THEY HIT THE WAKE, OPERATOR OVER CORRECTED, TURNING SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. OPERATOR WAS THROWN TO THE FRONT PORT SIDE AND PASSENGER WAS THROWN TO THE REAR PORT SIDE OF THE JET SKI. ONCE BOTH PARTIES WERE THROWN OFF THE JET SKI, THE MOTOR CUT OFF AND DID NOT CONTINUE TO TRAVEL. OPERATOR’S LIFE JACKET SLIPPED OFF WHEN HE CAME OFF THE JET SKI. AFTER HE CAME TO THE TOP OF THE WATER, HE TRIED TO SWIM TO HIS LIFE JACKET, BUT HE WENT UNDER THE WATER. TWO OTHER JET SKIS CAME TO HELP HIM AND TOOK BOTH BACK TO THE ISLAND. OPERATOR HAD ASPIRATED A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER INTO HIS LUNGS. FROM THERE, ANOTHER VESSEL TOOK OPERATOR TO PINE HALL BOAT RAMP TO MEET STOKES COUNTY EMS. OPERATOR WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IN WINSTON SALEM, NC. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, VISIBILITY WAS GOOD, WATER TEMPERATURE WAS 80 DEGREES WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES. NC WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AROUND 4:30 PM AND RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND TO WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER. 
  
  IT APPEARS THAT OPERATOR WAS GOING TOO FAST WHEN HE HIT THE WAKE OF THE PASSING PONTOON BOAT. DUE TO THE HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND OPERATOR’S INEXPERIENCE, HE OVERCORRECTED CAUSING BOTH PARTIES TO BE THROWN FROM THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR HAD NOT TAKEN A BOATER SAFETY COURSE BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.