RedactedNarrative: On the morning of october 30th around 0800 victim was swimming for exercise in banks channel at wrightsville beach around the area of corbett street. Victim was headed south and preforming the american freestyle technique. He was wearing a yellow swim cap and black jammer style swim tunks. Around the same time operator and subject was headed south in a 19 foot vessel. 
  
  Operator was driving the vessel and did not visually see victim swimming due to the shadow cast from the houses to his east and due to the strong wind whipping up the water. Operator noticed victim at the last second and turned hard to avoid running straight over the top of victim. 
  
  Victim sustained a cut to his left ear, right elbow, contusions on his head, crapes on upper back and left tricep area. Victim was assisted to the shore by both operator and cotton. Emergency personnel responded to the scene and found victim walking down south lumina st towards his residence on waynick ave. Victim denied transport by new hanover ems and had his family drive him to seek medical treatment. Victim needed stitches on his left ear, right elbow and also had a broken right elbow. The other scrapes were superficial in depth.