RedactedNarrative: On saturday 8/9/14 at approximately 4:30pm, there was a boating accident on the icw near blue water point marina. The facts of this accident are unclear due to not being able to speak with the operator of the vessel involved. Operator and Occupant were the two individuals involved in this accident. Operator is in the icu at new hanover memorial hospital and Occupant passed away due to the injuries that occurred in this accident. Family members of Operator told me that he had just purchased the jon boat a couple of weeks ago. Due to this information, i will assume that Operator was the operator of this vessel at the time of the accident. The vessel was heading into the entrance of blue water point when it struck a wooden channel marker. I believe that Operator was operating the 14 foot jon boat and his vision was obstructed by the passenger who i believe was sitting on the bench in front of the operator. Due to the placement of the passenger, the operator could not see the first of four channel markers leading into the marina. As a result of this restricted vision, the vessel collided with the first channel marker. 
   
  Occupant struck the wooden channel marker face first causing severe head injuries which later turned into fatal injuries as he passed away at new hanover memorial hospital. It is unclear how Operator received his head injury. After the collision, both subjects were thrown to the starboard stern of the vessel. The vessel was in forward gear and doing circles after the impact while both subjects lay face down in the vessel. A bystander that heard the accident jumped into his boat and proceeded toward the circling vessel. The bystander threw his anchor in front of the circling vessel causing the propeller to catch his anchor rope, therefore choking off the motor. He was able to tow the vessel to blue water point marina where ems rushed both subjects to new hanover memorial hospital. As i stated earlier, this is my opinion of what happened. Once Operator is able to speak, i will get the facts of this accident and send in a continuation page to attach to this report.