RedactedNarrative: On 6/25/17 at approximately 6:00pm, a boating incident occurred on the crane creek portion of high rock lake ½ way between goat island and what is commonly known as the “s-turns.”   The vessel was a 2013, 22' malibu wake setter, wakeboarding type with a 410hp straight inboard engine and a starboard side console.  At the time of the incident was being operated by someone other than the owner.  Their friend, victim, was sitting at the stern of the vessel on the starboard-side at the time of the incident.  Victim became unconscious and fell overboard.
  
  Operator was not consuming alcoholic beverages and was the designated driver.  Operator pulled wakeboarders and had taken a break for passengers to swim and socialize at goat island.   By 1800hrs, they had finished wakeboarding and swimming and were returning to the boat ramp at the southmont access area in davidson county to go home.  
  
  Operator was idling away from the goat island area toward the “s-turns,” which are a series of two sharp turns ½ mile downstream from goat island.  Approximately ½ way between those two points, with the boat in neutral, a male passenger jumped off the stern of the vessel into the water to “relieve” himself.  The vessel drifted downstream.  As a result, operator pushed the throttle forward to idle and turned to port to pick up the swimmer.  As the vessel turned to port, victim, who throughout the day had consumed large quantities of alcoholic beverages, lost consciousness, fell overboard and rose to the surface in a face down position.  
  
   Operator returned the vessel to neutral, threw a pfd into the water and called 911.  Several passengers jumped in the water while others threw type iii and type iv pfds toward the victim's position.  Victim was in the water less than 1 minute before swimmers reached her body.   Swimmers then rolled the victim's body to an upright position placing pfds under her body as they swam her to the stern of the vessel and lifted her onto the swim platform.  There another passenger with medical training checked for signs of life and initiated cpr on victim.   All swimmers re-boarded the vessel and operator navigated toward the “s-turns”  where he met rowan county sheriff's deputies.   Operator followed the deputies to a dock where the victim was loaded into and ambulance and transported to novant health rowan medical center.
  
  It appeared the victim lost consciousness and fell overboard due to significant consumption of alcoholic beverages.  Enough that upon testing at the hospital, registered a bac of .238.  The investigating wildlife officer requested a carbon monoxide test that returned within a normal range, noting that the victim had been on a respirator for over an hour and the effects, if any, of carbon monoxide had most likely dissipated.  The cause of this incident was alcohol and possibly carbon monoxide poisoning.  Victim was treated for her injuries and was released from the hospital.  There were no charges filed in this incident.  Type iii and type iv pfd''s were used to float the victim to the vessel.
  
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