RedactedNarrative: ON 05/29/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 2035 HOURS, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ON LAKE TILLERY APPROXIMATELY 700 YARDS NORTH OF THE WOODRUN BOAT RAMP IN THE SAME COVE AS THE WOODRUN BOAT RAMP. THE WOODRUN BOAT RAMP IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF LAKE TILLERY AND IS APPROXIMATELY 1.75 MILES NORTH OF THE GARRISON BRIDGE IN MT. GILEAD, NORTH CAROLINA. THE ONLY VESSEL INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT, WAS A 7-FOOT 3-INCH, 2020 YAMAHA STAND-UP PWC WITH A 73HP JET ENGINE, AND WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY OPERATOR. 
  
  OPERATOR WAS RECREATIONAL CRUISING ON HIS PWC AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO OPERATOR, HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN ON THE PWC, WHEN HE BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL. AS OPERATOR REALIZED HE WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE PWC AND BEGINNING TO FALL OFF.  OPERATOR SAID THAT HE PULLED THE KILL SWITCH FROM THE PWC IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE, WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  AFTER OPERATOR FELL INTO THE WATER, HE OBSERVED THE PWC AS IT CONTINUED INTO THE COVE, STRIKE A CONCRETE WALL, REDIRECT AND CONTINUE OUT OF OPERATOR'S SIGHT. THE UNMANNED PWC FINALLY CAME TO A STOP TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE COVE AFTER IMPACTING A DOCK THAT IS OWNED BY RESIDENT. AFTER RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM AN UNKNOWN PONTOON BOAT, OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO LOCATE HIS PWC AT RESIDENT'S DOCK WHERE HE MET A NEIGHBOR THAT HAD ALREADY TURNED OFF THE PWC AFTER HITTING THE DOCK.
  
  ALL REQUIRED BOATING SAFETY ITEMS WERE ON BOARD THE PWC AND THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING A USCG APPROVED PFD THAT PERFORMED PROPERLY AFTER FALLING OF THE PWC. OPERATOR WAS WEARING THE KILL SWITCH LANYARD WHEN HE FELL OFF THE PWC. THE KILL SWITCH LANYARD WAS ATTACHED TO BOTH HIS PERSON AND THE PWC. THERE WERE NO INJURIES RESULTING FROM THIS INCIDENT AND NO EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS BEING A FACTOR.
  
  
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