RedactedNarrative: Report by:  Cpl. - GA DNR LED
  
       On Aug. 14, 2016, boat operator and subject were travelling by boat upriver on the Ogeechee River headed towards Ft. McAllister Marina.  After passing Shad Island and then Harvey's Cut on the right-side (Chatham County side) of the river, Operator steered to cut across the river towards Ft. McAllister State Park on the left shoreline.  Operator was using an Garmin map/chart plotter with an older version of map/chart software.  Operator was unaware that the river channel had changed and shifted more upstream during the past years.  The vessel hit a mudbar that was barely covered by water.  The tide was incoming at the time of the incident.  The vessel was of a dual-console design and the victim was standing next to the operator at the walk-thru part of the console.  Upon impact with the mudbar, the victim was thrown downward and forward onto the bow floor.  While falling, she tried to grab hold of the console, causing her to spin around and she fell backwards onto the floor where she struck her head on the bow seating area.  She suffered a scalp laceration which started bleeding.  
  
        Operator attended to the victim and wrapped a towel around her head to try to stop the bleeding.  He then attempted to get the boat off the mudbar but could not do so.  He then called 911 and got the Bryan County 911 dispatch to report the incident and request emergency assistance.  Since he was stuck on the water, Bryan 911 transferred his call to U.S. Coast Guard Station at Tybee Island.   The Coast Guard advised that they did not have a boat or helicopter available to respond.  Operator then tried to get the boat off the mudbar again and was successful since the incoming tide had lifted the boat up off the bar.  He again contacted  Bryan County 911 and advised them that he was off the bar and headed to Ft. McAllister Marina.  He requested that an ambulance meet them at the dock.  An ambulance and fire responders were dispatched to the scene.
  
        I, Cpl., overheard the call on my radio and proceeded to the scene.  The first responders, ambulance crew and deputies were already on scene when I arrived.  The victim was being treated and then placed on a backboard.  We lifted her out of the boat onto a gurney.  She was then transported to Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA.  I then obtained some basic information and brief description of the incident from the operator, then let him proceed home so he could go meet the victim at the hospital.
  
        On Aug. 19th, I met with the Operator and the victim at their residence to gather further information and a more detailed description of the incident for the boating incident report.