RedactedNarrative: On september 11, 2022, at approximately 9:00 pm, a boating incident occurred on lake wyle near the yachtsman on lake wylie complex. Vessel 1 is a 19-foot, 2021 ar195 yamaha. Vessel 1 is owned by operator at the time of the incident. Vessel 2 is a 23-foot- 8-inch, 2013 220sl3 sweetwater pontoon. Vessel 3 is a 22-foot, 2014 220cx harris pontoon. Weather conditions consisted of intermittent rain, fair visibility, light wind, and the water temperature and air temperature were approximately 80 degrees. 
  
  Operator1 launched his vessel from morning star marina at approximately 5:30 pm.   a friend of operator1's met with him at morning star marina to go out on to the lake.  After sunset, it started to rain and they decided to head back to the marina.  As they were coming back from the buster boyd bridge, operator1's smartwatch was vibrating indicating that he was getting a phone call.  His phone was in a bag stored in the front compartment in front of the steering column.  Operator1 tried to find his phone in his bag, taking his eyes off the water. This caused him to lose sight of the shoreline. The vessel then collided with the dock and vessel 2 at the yachtsman marina. 
  
  The keel of vessel 1 collided with the corner of the dock and caused the right side of the vessel to hit the stern and rear decking of vessel 2.  Vessel 1 then continued to push into the dock along the starboard side causing secondary damage to the dock in between slips.  The amount of force also caused the dock in between slips to push into and damage the upper left side deck of vessel 3. 
  
  The keel of vessel 1 has considerable damage including scratches and exposed fiberglass along with scrapes on the bow on the gunwale. Scrapes continue down the right of vessel 1 with some fiberglass exposed.  Leading to the stern, the scrapes and gouges progressively are larger.  At the back of the vessel on the right side, there is extensive damage where fiberglass is exposed and the hull is cracked. 
  
  Vessel 2 has damage at the rear of the deck on the left side where vessel 1 made contact.  The metal railing is bent, the floor is cracked and has stress markings. The red aluminum attached to the railing of the vessel is dented at the rear of vessel 2.  The left pontoon has a hole in it where the weld connects the pontoon to the hull of the vessel.  On the right side of vessel 2, there is damage to the front railing where the impact caused it to hit the area of the dock between slips.  At the right rear of the vessel, there are dents in the red aluminum hull where the rubber railing of the area of the dock pushed up against it.
  
  There is damage to the wood and rubber railing on the dock where the initial impact happened.  The metal piling that anchors the dock has fiberglass on top of it and in it from vessel 1.  The wood and rubber railing protecting the end of the dock was mostly in the water but still partially connected to the dock.  The rubber railing at the front of b17 has holes in the rubber and gouges in the wood where vessel 2 was pushed into the dock.  On the walk-through between slips, the rubber railing is bent upward where the right rear of vessel 2 pushed into it.  The upper left side also shows signs of damage in the rubber railing where it hit vessel 3.
  
  Vessel 3 has minimal damage to the front left of the decking.  It is dented and scratched along the curve of the decking.  There is also a hole in the blue tarp that covers vessel 3 where the dents and scratches in the railing are.  No other damage to vessel 3 was observed. 
  
  At the time of impact, subject1 was sitting in the rear of vessel 1.  When vessel 1 struck the dock, subject1 was thrown into the floor of the vessel.  Subject1 has considerable bruising on her left arm, right elbow and arm, right knee, right side of her neck, right shoulder, and on her right back.  Subject1 also has a protuberance on the top of her head from impact.  After the incident occurred, operator1 took vessel 1 back to the marina.  He then called 911 to report the incident.  Subject1 was not feeling well and requested operator1 take her home.  The following day, subject1 went to urgent care to get checked out.  On september 15th, subject1 went to ortho-carolina where they found that she broke her right clavicle.  She has an mri scheduled at a later date to assess further sustained injuries.
  
  Due to careless and reckless operation, improper lookout, and operator inattention, operator1 struck the dock at the yachtsman marina and vessel 2.  After the initial impact, the force from vessel 1 caused further damage to the dock, vessel 2 and vessel 3.  Operator1 will be charged with operating a motorboat or vessel on the waters of this state in a reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger life, limb or property of any person ncgs 75a-10(a).
  
  
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