RedactedNarrative: ON THURSDAY, 04-28-2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS, OFFICER1 OF THE  ALEXANDER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CALLED OFFICER2 BY PHONE ADVISING OF A BOAT ACCIDENT WITH PHYSICAL INJURIES.  OFFICER2 RESPONDED TO TAYLORSVILLE BEACH MARINA (420 TAYLORSVILLE BEACH COURT) TO INVESTIGATE AND MET WITH OFFICER1.  HE ADVISED, THE OPERATOR HAD BEEN TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER.  OFFICER2 SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF TAYLORSVILLE BEACH MARINA.  HE ADVISED NO ONE HAD WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT BUT SECURITY CAMERAS RECORDED IT.  HE ADVISED NO DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE DOCK AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.  OFFICER2 INVESTIGATED THE DOCK WHERE THE IMPACT OCCURRED AND WHERE THE BOAT WAS SECURED.  THE BOAT HAD NO VISIBLE DAMAGE AND THE DOCK WAS NOT DAMAGED FROM THE COLLISION.  BLOOD WAS ON THE BOW AND STERN SEATS. THE LEFT BOW CLEAT HAD VISIBLE BLOOD AND MINOR TISSUE ATTACHED. THE DOCK NEXT TO THE SECURED BOAT HAD BLOOD ON THE DECK FROM THE OPERATOR WALKING WITH THE PARAMEDICS TO THE AMBULANCE. 
  
  THE VIDEO SHOWS  CLEAR WEATHER, SUNNY AND NO CHOP ON THE WATER. THE OPERATOR (AND OWNER), OPERATED THE BOAT WITH NO PASSENGERS. SHE OPERATED THE JET DRIVE BOAT AT NO WAKE SPEED AND NAVIGATED AROUND THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MARINA DOCKS.  THE BOAT TURNED AND APPROACHED STRAIGHT AHEAD TO AN EMPTY DOUBLE SPACE BOAT SLIP LOCATED AT THE END OF THE DOCK.  IT APPEARED SHE HAD APPROACHED AT A FASTER THAN IDLE PACE.  SHE THEN LEFT FROM THE OPERATOR'S SEAT AND WALKED TO THE BOW WHILE THE BOAT WAS STILL UNDERWAY.  SHE KNELT DOWN AT THE BOW REACHING OUT HER LEFT HAND TO SLOW THE APPROACHING BOAT.  THE BOAT APPROACHED AT A GREATER SPEED THAN SHE COULD HOLD BACK.  THE BOAT STRUCK THE DOCK AND HER OUTSTRETCHED HAND. THE LEFT BOW CLEAT PUNCTURED HER LEFT TRICEP AND THE APPROACHING FORCE BROKE HER WRIST AND RADIAL BONE CLOSE TO THE WRIST.  THE BOW PAUSED AGAINST THE DOCK THEN DRIFTED BACK.  SHE ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE BOAT FROM DRIFTING WITH NO SUCCESS.  WITNESS1 HAD PULLED THE BOAT AND SECURED IT IN A BOAT SLIP AND CALLED FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.  
  
  AFTER VIEWING THE VIDEO AND EVIDENCE AT THE MARINA, OFFICER2 RESPONDED TO CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM.  HE WAS DIRECTED TO ROOM 12 AND SPOKE WITH THE OPERATOR.  HE OBSERVED HER LACERATED TRICEP AND DEFORMITY TO HER WRIST. SHE WAS CONSCIOUS AND FREELY ANSWERED QUESTIONS.  MEDICAL PERSONNEL HAD ATTENDED TO HER AND WERE IN PROCESS OF PLACING A CAST ON HER ARM. NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY HER.  SHE WAS IN OBVIOUS PAIN.  MEDICAL PERSONNEL ADMINISTERED PAIN MEDICATION. 
  
  OFFICER2 SPOKE WITH THE OPERATOR ON 05-02-2016 AT 1400 HOURS.  SHE GAVE HIM THE COMPLETED BOAT ACCIDENT FORM.  SHE ADVISED SHE HAD SURGERY ON 04-29-2016 TO HER WRIST AND RADIAL.  SCREWS AND PLATES WERE ATTACHED TO HER RADIAL FOR HEALING THE BROKEN BONE.
  