RedactedNarrative: ON MAY 13 AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 A.M, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MARINE PATROL OFFICER SAYING THAT A LARGE VESSEL HAD RUN AGROUND AND THERE WAS AN INJURED PASSENGER ON BOARD. OFFICER WAS ON SCENE AND SAID THAT THE INJURED PASSENGER HAD FALLEN DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS IN THE VESSEL WHEN IT RAN AGROUND AND THAT HE WAS BLEEDING FROM HIS NOSE AND POSSIBLY HAD A BROKEN ARM.  OFFICER STATED THAT EMS WAS ON SCENE ALONG WITH THE COAST GUARD. THE VESSEL IS A 50 FT CABIN CRUISER. THE VESSEL IS OWNED AND WAS BEING OPERATED BY OPERATOR.  OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE INTRA COASTAL WATERWAY.  HE HAD TRAVELED FROM SOUTHPORT AND WAS HEADING TO BEAUFORT FOR THE EVENING.  OPERATOR WAS USING THE RED AND GREEN NAVIGATION AIDS ALONG THE ICW AND HE WAS FOLLOWING RED DAY MARKERS. ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE ICW THERE ARE TWO RED MARKERS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHANNEL AND ONE GREEN ONE ON THE RIGHT.  OPERATOR WAS NOT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE MARKERS AND HE MISSED THE GREEN ONE THAT WOULD HAVE INDICATED HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT THE RED MARKERS ON HIS LEFT AND THE GREEN ON HIS RIGHT, THE CHANNEL RUNS BETWEEN THEM.  INSTEAD OPERATOR WENT TO THE LEFT OF THE RED MARKERS AND RAN AGROUND. OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH AT THE TIME OF IMPACT SO WHEN THE VESSEL CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.  THE PASSENGER ON BOARD, PASSENGER, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.  PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO CAMP LEJEUNE NAVAL HOSPITAL AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER IN GREENVILLE.  PASSENGER HAS A SHATTERED RIGHT ELBOW, BROKEN RIBS ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE AND A SMALL BRAIN BLEED.
  
  
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