RedactedNarrative: ON SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2021 APPROXIMATELY 1:10PM,  A  BOAT INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE TILLERY CLOSE TO SUGAR LOAF SHORES NEAR MONTGOMERY COUNTY.  THE SINGLE VESSEL INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT IS A 1998 25 FOOT DAYTONA ELIMINATOR OFF SHORE RACING BOAT.  AFTER MAKING A HIGH SPEED RUN, THE VESSEL OPERATOR SLOWED THE VESSEL DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH AND BEGAN TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.  DURING THE TURN, THE PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM HIS SEATED POSITION AND INTO THE OPERATOR.  THIS CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE PUSHED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VESSEL  AND INTO THE THROTTLE CONTROLS.  THIS CAUSED THE VESSEL TO LOOSE ALL POWER.  DUE TO TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, THE VESSEL MADE AN ABRUPT TURN TO THE RIGHT WHICH CAUSED BOTH OCCUPANTS TO BE EJECTED FROM THE VESSEL.  THE OCCUPANTS THEN IMPACTED THE WATER AT HIGH SPEEDS.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE VESSEL BEGAN SPINNING AROUND IN CIRCLES THEN CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS FROM THE PASSENGERS IN THE WATER.
  
  VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON LAKE TILLERY.  THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL RECENTLY HAD THE ENGINE MODIFIED.  THE OWNER WANTED TO TEST RUN THE VESSEL ON A DAY WHEN THERE WOULD BE LESS BOAT TRAFFIC.  AFTER MAKING AN INITIAL RUN SOUTH, THE OPERATOR STARTED ANOTHER RUN HEADING NORTH.  THE OPERATOR GOT UP TO SPEEDS OF 100 MPH TO 120 MPH.  THE OPERATOR THEN DECREASED HIS SPEED TO AROUND 80 MPH AND BEGAN TURING THE VESSEL TO THE RIGHT.  TO TURN THE VESSEL, THE OPERATOR NEEDS TO MAKE 6 FULL CYCLES WITH THE STEERING WHEL.  THE OPERATOR WAS ABOUT TWO TO THREE TURNS IN WHEN THE PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM HIS SEATED POSITION AND INTO THE OPERATOR.  ALL CONTROLS ARE LOCATED TO THE LEFT OF THE OPERATOR.  WHEN THE PASSENGER IMPACTED THE OPERATOR, THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO THE CONTROLS.  DUE TO THE TOTAL LOSS OF SPEED, THE VESSEL TURNED ABRUPTELY TO THE RIGHT. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED FROM TEH VESSEL.
  
  WITNESSES FROM THE SHORELINE SAW THE VESSEL SPINING AROUND IN THE WATER THEN COME TO A STOP.  THEY NOTICED THE OCCUPANTS IN THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS BEHIND THE VESSEL.  THE WITNESSES JUMPED INTO THE WATER AND ASSISTED THE OPERATOR AND THE PASSENGER TO SHORE.
  
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMS RESPONDED.  THE OPERATOR WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE CHAPEL HILL HOSPITAL.  THE PASSENGER WAS DRIVEN TO THE CHAPEL HILL HOSPITAL BY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.
  
  Operator INJURIES CONSISTED OF BROKEN RIBS AND RIBS BECAME DISATTACHED FROM HIS STERNUM.  HE HAD SURGERY IN CHAPEL HILL ON THURSDAY JULY 29, 2021 TO RE-ATTACH HIS RIBS AND REMOVE FLUID FROM HIS LUNGS.
  
  
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