RedactedNarrative: ON MAY 8, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 06:15 A.M., A 2003 TRITON BASS BOAT OPERATED AND OWNED BY OPERATOR, WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 32 BRIDGE, WHEN THE MOTOR OF THE VESSEL STRUCK A SUBMERGED AND STATIONARY LOG. THE IMPACT OF THE VESSEL'S MOTOR WITH THE LOG BROKE THE MOTOR OFF OF THE TRANSOM, SENDING THE MOTOR INTO THE PASSENGER AREA OF THE VESSEL WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON THE BACK DECK. AFTER THE IMPACT, THE VESSEL WAS TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND AND THE BOW WAS POINTED TOWARD THE WEST. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE VESSEL WERE INJURED. THE OPERATOR AND OWNER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SIGNIFICANT INJURIES TO MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE BODY FROM BEING STRUCK BY THE MOTOR. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE SCENE, AND LATER STAPLES AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A LACERATION ON HIS HEAD, RESULTING FROM THE PROPELLER OF THE BOAT MOTOR STRIKING HIM WHEN IT ENTERED THE PASSENGER AREA OF THE VESSEL.