RedactedNarrative: On sat may 26, 2018 while working boating activity on lake royale, i received a call from raleigh dispatch informing me of a boating incident on lake gaston near songbird creek.  The incident involved a young man who ran his vessel aground and was severely injured.
  
  After contacting warren county 911, i learned this incident would require treatment well beyond first aid.  I knew my response time would be slow, so i immediately called sgt who was working on the northampton/halifax county area of lake gaston to request assistance.  Officers responded and arrived on scene around 9:40 pm.  After speaking with ems personnel, they learned that the victim had been transported to halifax regional medical center in halifax co nc.  
  
  According to bystanders, the victim and his vessel had been towed to the waters edge restaurant near eatons ferry bridge by another vessel.  The individuals who assisted the victim did not wish to be involved according to patrons at the restaurant.  So they dropped off 24 yo and his vessel then departed.  Ems workers who were still on scene informed sgt that the victim appeared to be severely intoxicated.
  
  I removed my work boat from lake royale and patrolled to lake gaston.  I arrived on scene around 10:30pm and met officer brown at waters edge restaurant.  We immediately began analyzing the damaged vessel.  We discovered 5 empty bud light cans scattered randomly throughout the boat as well as 1 empty coors light glass bottle.  Additionally in plain view there was a bottoe of tito's vodka that was about 2/3 empty in an open cooler with an empty tropicana orange juice container.  Blood was scattered throughout the cabin of the boat.  Blood was more concentrated on the left side of the vessel.  There was a bloody towel on the passenger seat immediately left of the driver's seat.  There was also a bloody t-shirt in the floor of the back left passenger area.  There was a damaged phone in the seat in front of the operator's seat.
  
  While officer and i surveyed the scene, sgt went to the hospital to interview operator and have him complete an mb4.1 form.  Upon arrival, sgt found operator being treated for severe facial lacerations, broken jaw, broken left eye socket, and dislocated elbow.  Although injured, operator was able to give an account of the crash.  Operator indicated that he and some friends had been cruising, wake boarding, and drinking most of the day on the eastern end of lake gaston near the dam.  Near the end of the day the group cruised toward the western end of the lake where they again wake boarded and drank alcohol.  Operator said he dropped off his passengers around 7:45pm and considered staying at their house because he knew he had had too much to drink.  But instead, he chose to go home.  While operating the vessel traveling east on the northern side of the lake near mile marker 12 and just before songbird creek at nearly full throttle, operator began using his cell phone for texting and music.  The next thing he remembered was waking up in the woods just after 8pm "in pain".  He was bleeding profusely from his face and head.  When he realized he had crashed his boat into the shore, he made his way out of the woods and down to the water where he began trying to flag other boats down for assistance.  Around 8:30pm a good samaritan noticed operator and came to assist.  The boaters called 911 and helped operator tow his boat off the bank to waters edge restaurant.  Ems personnel arrived on scene and transported operator to halifax regional hospital.
  
  On sunday may 27, 2018, i returned to the scene of the crash to gather additional evidence and photos during daylight hours.  The following week i reached out to the warren county da's office for a court order of operator's medical records.  The assistant da and i were finally able to meet on monday, june 4, 2018 to prepare the court order.  After having the court order signed by the superior court judge, i hand delivered the order to the health and risk liason for halifax regional hospital.  I received the medical records a few days later and found his blood alcohol results to be 189 mg/dl at 10:45pm on the night of the incident.  This was about 2.5 hours after operator had been operating the vessel that crashed.
  
  Upon these findings, operator was charged with operating while impaired, careless and reckless operation as well as operating a vessel without completing a boating safety class.
  
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