RedactedNarrative: ON JUNE 4, 2021 AROUND 1608, I, OFFICER WITH NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION, RESPONDED TO MOTOR VESSEL INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AROUND 1456 AT THE INLET VIEW OFF THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND MOUTH OF SHALLOTTE RIVER.  UPON ARRIVING, I NOTED A OVERTURNED AND CAPSIZED MOTOR VESSEL LATER KNOWN TO BE A TWIN V IN THE MOUTH OF THE SHALLOTTE RIVER.  I THEN MET THE OPERATOR AND OWNER, STANDING ON THE DOCK NEXT TO THE WATERWAY.  DURING MY INVESTIGATION, OPERATOR HAD STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FISHING AND SECURED HIS FISHING HOOK AND LINE TO A CLEAT ON HIS PORT SIDE.  OPERATOR THEN BEGAN CRUISING NORTH TOWARD THE SHALLOTTE RIVER.  AT THIS TIME, THE FISHING HOOK BECAME LOOSE AND LODGED INTO THE LEFT ANKLE OF OPERATOR.  OPERATOR CONTINUED OPERATING WHILE ON PLANE AT APPROXIMATELY 10-20 MPH, WHILE HE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE HOOK OUT OF HIS ANKLE.  AT THIS TIME THE MOTOR VESSEL VEERED TOWARD A DOUBLE TIER DOCK SOME 30 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE.  OPERATOR'S VESSEL THEN STRUCK THE FIXED AND POSITIONED DOCK ON THE BOW AND PORT SIDE THUS KNOCKING OVER THE DOCK AND ROLLING THE MOTOR VESSEL TOWARD THE STARBOARD SIDE.  OPERATOR FALLING OUT OF THE VESSEL AND INTO THE WATER HUNG ONTO THE OVERTURNED VESSEL UNTIL A NEARBY VESSEL ASSISTED OPERATOR TO SHORE.  OPERATOR SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  OPERATOR WAS CHARGED WITH N.C. G.S. 75A-10(A) OPERATE A VESSEL ON THE WATERS OF THIS STATE IN A RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT MANNER AS SO TO ENDANGER LIFE, LIMB OR PROPERTY.
  
  *************PLEASE NOTE:  EVEN THOUGH OPERATOR GOT A HOOK CAUGHT IN HIS ANKLE AND REMOVED, NO FIRST AID WAS REQUIRED OR NEEDED.********************
  
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