RedactedNarrative: On august 25, 2019 at approximately 1:25pm, a boat incident occurred in abbotts creek on high rock lake.  The incident occurred about ½ of a mile north of the highway 8 bridge in southmont, nc. The vessel was a 17-foot 1995 bayliner och maxum with a 135-inboard motor.  It was a split windshield vessel with the operator's console located on the starboard side.  The boat was operated by owner’s son.  The vessel was also occupied by operator's mother, his son, and his daughter who were all seated in the bow of the vessel at the time of the incident.  Victim was sitting in the furthest point of the bow with operator’s son and operator’s mother seated behind her.  After hitting a wave, victim made impact with the vessel causing a lacerated lower lip, a scraped chin as well and swelling and bruising on her left knee. 
  
  At the time of the incident, the vessel was traveling north about ½ of a mile north of the hwy 8 bridge in abbotts creek cruising at approximately 20 mph.  It was a partly cloudy day with calm water conditions.  There was light wind with good visibility.  The air temperature was 79 degrees fahrenheit while the water temperature was 80 fahrenheit.  The family had decided to take the boat out for a cruise to go get ice cream.  While cruising, operator saw two waves that came from an unknown source.  Upon seeing the approaching waves, he yelled at everyone to “hold on”.  When he did this, his daughter crouched down in the bow of the vessel bringing her face closer to the boat's surface.  When the vessel struck the waves, victim's face made impact with the bow and her left knee made impact with the floor of the vessel.  Operator stopped the vessel and assessed his daughters' injuries. Operator then returned to the dock and consulted a nurse friend of his who advised him to seek medical attention for victim.  Operator transported victim to novant urgent care in salisbury where she received 3 stitches in her lower lip and was then released. 
  
  It appears that when the vessel struck the two oncoming waves, it caused victim's face to strike the surface of the vessel.  This incident appears to have been caused by waves originating from an unknown source, operator inexperience, operator inattention, and improper look out.  No one was charged as a result of this incident.  Drugs and alcohol were not a factor. 
  
  