RedactedNarrative: On sept. 7th, 2015 at approx. 2:00am on lake gaston, nc at eaton''s ferry bridge,  operator was operating a grey and black 2015 yamaha jet boat, registration, on the main body of lake gaston, with  passenger occupant. Operator was heading east on lake gaston towards myrick estates.  Operator left the point restaurant heading east and grounded his yamaha boat on the eaton''s ferry bridge causeway.
   
      operator and occupant were heading home and were not aware of their exact location on the lake. Not realizing that they were very close to eaton''s ferry bridge they did not see the bridge causeway.  Operator was traveling at a great rate of speed and hit the causeway headon deflecting the vessel upwards at about a 45 degree angle towards the roadway. The vessel made contact with the guardrail and was stopped by the eyelet on the bow, preventing operator''s boat from continuing onto the roadway. Deputy of warren county sherrif''s office arrrived shortly after the accedent. Wildwood fire department arrived to remove the victims and ems transport subjects to halifax regional medical center. Operator sustained some severe head injuries and occupant had possible  shoulder and neck injuries. Both were transported to vidant hospital in greenville. 
   
      officer received the call concerning the accident at 2:27am and contacted me immediately after. We arrived at the halifax regional medical center at or about 3:00am. Operator was having a cat scan done when we arrived, and occupant was in er room 4. Officer interviewed occupant and operator about the incident. Officer and i detected an strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on operator and occupant breath while conducting the interviews.  occupant would not answer direct questions concerning the incident and was very uncooperative. I entered the room to assist officer with the interview. At this time operator was returned er room 1 from the cat scan and we proceeded to ask him what he could tell us about the incident. He told us he couldn''t remember anything and then said "you know how dark it is and the dam only has 3 lights on it." operator eventually told us that he was operating the boat. At this time officer read operator his rights and asked him if he wanted a witness or attorney present when his blood was drawn for bac. Operator did not respond. Officer than repeated the question and he still didn''t respond. At this time we had the nurses draw operator''s blood for the blood test kit.  
   
  it appears that alcohol was a contributing factor. Both occupants of the vessel showed strong sings of impairment. The vessel also contained 2 open containers of alcoholic beverages. One 3/4 consumed bottle of coors light beer in the operator side cup holder, and one mike''s harder lemonade can in the passenger side cup holder. The throttle was still engaged in the forward position approximately 3/4 of the way engaged, indicating that the vessel was traveling at a very high rate of speed and that the vessel was in full plain on the water''s surface. Upon impact, operator was thrown into the vessel''s dash board/windshield causing a major wound above his right eye and causing bleeding around the brain which is consistant with the blood found at the scene. Occupant was thrown in the vessel and injured her neck and her shoulder. No other injuries have been reported.
   