RedactedNarrative: ON MARCH 31, 2021, VESSEL 1 WAS DRIVEN BY VESSEL OPERATOR AND WAS HEADED TO JARRETT BAY TO FUEL.  VESSEL 1 WAS FOLLOWING TRACK LINES OF THE CHANNEL WHEN VESSEL 1 STRUCK A SAND BAR.  VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATLEY 21 TO 41 MPH.  PASSENGERS INJURED 1 AND HIS SON WERE THROWN FORWARD INSIDE THE VESSEL. THE PASSENGERS SUBSTAINED INJURIES.  INJURED 1 WAS AIRLIFTED TO GREENVILLE NC AND INJURED 2 WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL.  VESSEL OPERATOR STATED THAT HE STAYED IN THE LINES AND THAT NUMBER 25 CHANNEL MARKER WAS MISSING.  UPON INVESTIGATION, THE NUMBER 25 CHANNEL MARKER WAS VERIFIED MISSING.
  
  
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