RedactedNarrative: ON THE AUGUST 26, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS, operator WAS ATTEMPTING TO PADDLE HIS PONTOON BOAT TO A DOCK AT RIVER RIDGE BOAT RAMP, IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. He WAS PADDLING FROM THE BOW OF THE BOAT WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVERBOARD. He STRUCK THE FRONT CORNER OF THE PORTSIDE PONTOON WHICH CAUSED A SEVERE LACERATION TO HIS ABDOMEN. He WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE SOUTH HILL MEDICAL CENTER BY THE SOUTHSIDE RESCUE SQUAD.