RedactedNarrative: On august 2, 2022 at approximately 11:00am, a single vessel incident occurred on lake hickory near the west caldwell bridge.  
  
  The operator of the vessel was traveling upstream under the west caldwell bridge heading toward the lake rhodiss dam at just under 10mph carrying the operator and one passenger when they began to notice water coming in the vessel.  
  
  When they turned to go towards shore, more water came over the gunwale of the vessel at which time the vessel capsized and rolled over.  Both the operator and the passenger were able to put on pfds and make it safely to shore.  There were no injuries to the operator or the passenger.  The owner of the vessel stated all the electronics on the vessel were totaled, and the estimated total cost of damage to be approximately $3500.00.  The operator also stated they do not know why water originally came in the vessel.  He stated the plug was tight and there were no holes or previously noticed cracks.
  
  In conclusion, after speaking with both the operator and the passenger, it is determined that the cause of the accident was water intake into the vessel.  Alcohol was not a factor and no citations were issued.
  
  **please note:  this report was manually entered into bard due to transmission issues between report beam and bard.**
  
  ***bard:  please do not delete this report***
  
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