RedactedNarrative: At 17:42 on February 3, 2019, I received a call from Officer that there was boating incident on the Roanoke/Cashie Throughfare.  Officer had been contacted through NCWRC Raleigh dispatch at 17:25. I responded to the San Souci Ferry Landing with a patrol boat. Upon my arrival, the Bertie county medical examiner was leaving with the deceased, Victim. I met Officers, who had been handling the incident prior to my arrival. Officer was interviewing the son of Victim and was the only passenger aboard the vessel operated by Victim during the boat incident. 
  
  Son completed the MB4.1 once ashore the San Souci Ferry Landing.  Son stated that he and his father were coming back from fishing on the Roanoke River and traveling on the Throughfare headed to the Cashie River.  Victim was operating a fiberglass 17-foot Ranger bass boat powered by a 175 horsepower Johnson outboard motor.  He stated they were traveling at what he considered to be a high rate of speed down a straight-away.  As they approached a sharp turn, the boat couldn't turn sharp enough and they continued toward the outside bank of the turn before striking an overhanging tree with the vessel. The damage to the vessel was confined to the starboard side.  The overhanging tree removed the navigation light and broke the front pedestal seat from the bow. The starboard side console of the boat received impact damage to the windshield, gauge cluster and steering wheel.  
  
  Victim who was operating from the side console experienced blunt force trauma to the upper right portion of his skull from contact with the tree as well as broken ribs, deep lacerations to the right forearm, and broken/evulged fingers. Victim succumbed to these injuries at the scene of the incident.  The overhanging tree removed the rear pedestal seat from the stern and damaged the starboard side of the outboard's cowling.  Following the impact with the tree, Son tried to start the motor of the vessel but was unable to get it to run.  He proceeded to the San Souci Ferry Landing by power of the bow mounted trolling motor.  It was at the Ferry Landing that Victim was pronounced dead by the Bertie County Medical Examiner.  Victim was transported to Martin General Hospital.  Son was uninjured in the incident and left the San Souci Ferry Landing in possession of the vessel with family members.  
  
  Officer and I patrolled the Roanoke/Cashie Throughfare by boat on the night of the incident.  We found what we concluded to be the site of the incident.  No debris was found at the scene.  The damage to the impacted tree was deep abrasions to the bark, broken and twisted limbs, as well as a limb that appeared to have been clipped by a skeg or propeller.  The site of incident was marked, photographed and recorded by GPS.  The following morning, February 4th, 2019, Officer and I patrolled the Roanoke/Cashie Throughfare by boat to examine the scene of the incident in daylight.  No additional debris was found.  However, deposition of paint and fiberglass on the impacted tree was found.  Those findings were documented and photographed.  No alcohol or drug use is suspected, and no charges were filed.
  
  
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