RedactedNarrative: ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930, WILDLIFE OFFICERS WERE NOTIFIED THAT A BOAT INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF MASONBORO INLET AROUND 1630 THAT DAY.  THE BOAT INCIDENT INVOLVED ONE VESSEL IN WHICH THE OPERATOR WENT OVERBOARD.
  OFFICER 1 AND OFFICER 2 SPOKE WITH THE COAST GUARD WHO WAS ON SCENE, VIEWED THE VESSEL AT SEA TOW, INTERVIEWED THE OCCUPANT AND INTERVIEWED THE OPERATOR.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VESSEL EXITED MASONBORO INLET INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS CAROLINA BEACH INLET. THE VESSEL WAS UNDERWAY APPROXIMATELY 50-60 YARDS FROM THE SURF CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE WAVES WERE ROCKING THE BOAT.  AS THE BOAT ROCKED, OPERATOR FELL OVERBOARD. 
  AFTER OPERATOR FELL OVERBOARD, OCCUPANT TOOK CONTROL OF THE BOAT AND TRIED TO FIND OPERATOR. SHE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE HIM.  SO SHE BEACHED THE BOAT AND CALLED 911.  OPERATOR CAME TO SHORE ABOUT 100 YARDS SOUTH OF OCCUPANT'S LOCATION.  HE WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE SURF AS WAVES WERE STILL BREAKING ON HIM.  THE COAST GUARD ARRIVED AND HAD OPERATOR TRANSPORTED TO NEW HANOVER MEDICAL CENTER.
  OPERATOR IS A DIABETIC AND REPORTED HAVING LOW BLOOD SUGAR ON THIS DAY.  AFTER INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, OFFICER 1 AND OFFICER 2 VIEWED TWO EMPTY 16 OUNCE BUD LIGHT PLATINUM CANS IN OPERATOR'S JONES BROTHERS VESSEL AT SEA TOW.  OPERATOR ADMITTED TO CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. 
  CHARGES MAY BE BROUGHT PENDING THE RESULT OF THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT.  AS OF THE DATE OF THIS INCIDENT REPORT, THIS INCIDENT IS UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR POSSIBLY BEING THE RESULT OF BOATING WHILE IMPAIRED.
  
  PLEASE NOTE:  WHEN THE RESULTS OF THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT ARE RECEIVED, THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AT THAT TIME.
  
  
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