RedactedNarrative: Around 11:00 AM on April 29, 2016, Operator was driving his boat heading upstream on Mountain Island Reservoir.  He was operating close to the left side of the river when he noticed that one of his fishing rods had fishing line unwinding off of the spool.  He reached down to get the rod, and when he returned to his position he realized that he was heading towards the bank.  He tried to make a sharp turn to the right but it was too late and he drove his vessel up into the woods.  
  
  Once his vessel made contact with the land, his vessel was lifted out of the water and completely onto shore.  The starboard side of his vessel clipped a mature sycamore tree which forced his vessel into a small hole through the trees on the bank.  Once the vessel made impact with the trees, Operator was thrown forward from his seat and he hit the right side of his tee top metal base bars. His points of impact to the boat were his head and chest.  After he was thrown into the metal bars, he then fell forward and onto the floor of his vessel.  
  
  At this point, another boater was about 400 yards behind the accident and that boater rendered aid to Operator immediately.  Operator and the witness waited there until first responders arrived and then Operator was air lifted to Charlotte Mecklenburg Main Hospital where he was treated and realeased the next day.