RedactedNarrative: On march 10, 2019 at approximately 11:15 hours, operator was operating vessel 1 just south of topsail inlet approximately 50-100 yards off of the beach of the northern end of lea island.   Immediately prior to the incident, operator was standing at the helm of vessel 1.  Subject1 was standing on the starboard side of the center console beside operator, and subject2 was standing on the starboard side mid-ship beside the t-top post.  According to operator, vessel 1 was cruising just east of the breaking waves looking at a brown spot under the water which he believed to be a school of red drum.  
  
  Vessel 1 was heading southwest at a speed under 10mph when a large wave impacted the port side of vessel 1 causing it to roll and capsize.  The operator and both passengers fell overboard when vessel 1 capsized.  According to subject2, sometime immediately after the three men entered the water, a wave hit vessel 1 causing subject1 to impact vessel 1's outboard motor.  According to operator and subject2, passenger subject1 was unresponsive and weak after vessel 1 capsized.  Operator and subject2 were able to assist subject1 up onto the top of the hull of vessel 1 several times, but the three men were repeatedly knocked off by the incoming waves.  Subject2 called 911 at approximately 11:16 hours while the men were still with vessel 1.  The current and waves eventually grounded vessel 1.  Operator and subject2 had to physically pull the unresponsive subject1 through the surf.  Bystanders on the beach who didn't witness the incident saw operator and subject2 struggling in the surf.  They came over and assisted pulling the unconscious subject1 up on the beach.  Cpr was administered on subject1 but was unsuccessful.  Witnesses stated that subject1 had no pulse when they began cpr.  Pender ems/fire personnel pronounced subject2 dead upon their arrival.  
  
  On march 10, 2019 at approximately 12:05 hours i, nc wildlife officer was notified by the ncwrc dispatch of an overturned vessel south of topsail inlet on the north end of lea island.  Nc wildlife officer and i arrived on scene at the northern end of lea island by boat at approximately 13:16 hours.  Officer and i then patrolled on foot to the beach where pender ems and fire personnel were standing by with the deceased passenger of vessel 1, subject1.  Officer and i began interviewing witnesses and photographing the scene.  The operator of vessel 1, operator and another passenger, subject2, had already been transported by pender ems to new hanover regional medical center north to be treated for mild hypothermia.
  
  
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