RedactedNarrative: ON JULY 4, 2021 AT APPROXIMATLEY 2200 HOURS VESSEL 1 UNDER THE OPERATION OF OPERATOR STRUCK A CONCRETE TELEPHONE POLE NEAR THE ATLANTIC BEACH BRIDGE IN MOREHEAD CITY, NC. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT VESSEL 1 HAD THE OPERATOR AND TWO PASSENGERS ONBOARD BY THE NAMES OF PASSENGER 2 AND PASSENGER 1. VESSEL ONE WAS TRAVELING AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND MAKING A TURN TO THE STARBOARD WHEN IT STRUCK THE POLE. VESSEL 1 TOOK THE MAIN DAMAGE TO ITS BOW AND SCRAPES DOWN THE PORT SIDE. THE IMPACT CAUSED PASSENGER 1 TO IMPACT THE BOAT AND POLE. PASSENGER 1 HAD HEAD INJURIES AND BACK PAIN AND WAS BLEEDING FROM THE IMPACT. PASSENGER 2 WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR AND SUSTAINED A SWOLLEN RIGHT HAND. THE OPERATOR IMPACTED THE VESSEL CONSOLE AREA AND WAS KNOCKED OUT. THE OPERATOR HAD A PIECE OF HIS EAR TORN OFF. VESSEL 1 OPERATOR REGAINED CONSIOUSNESS AND THEN PROCEEDED TO THE MOREHEAD CITY WATERFRONT AND DROPPED OFF HIS TWO PASSENGERS WITH EMS. THE OPERATOR THEN TOOK VESSEL 1 TO ITS DOCK NEAR TOWN CREEK MARINA. THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL TO CHECK ON INJURIES. VESSEL 1 OPERATOR SHOWED UP AT THE HOSPITAL TO GET SOME MEDICAL TREATMENT. WHILE SPEAKING TO VESSEL 1 OPERATOR I ASKED IF HE HAD BEEN DRINKING EARLIER. THE OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT HE HAD CONSUMED SOME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES EARLIER. I COMPLETED HGN BUT DID NOT SEE ENOUGH THAT WOULD CONCLUED IMPAIRMENT.