RedactedNarrative: ON MAY 8, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 06:15 A.M., A 2019 SKEETER BASS BOAT OPERATED AND OWNED BY OPERATOR, WAS TRAVELING EAST IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 32 BRIDGE, WHEN THE MOTOR OF THE VESSEL STRUCK A SUBMERGED AND STATIONARY LOG. THE IMPACT OF THE VESSEL'S MOTOR WITH THE LOG BROKE THE MOTOR OFF OF THE TRANSOM, SENDING THE MOTOR INTO THE PASSENGER AREA OF THE VESSEL WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON THE BACK DECK. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE VESSEL WERE INJURED. THE OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH BACK INJURIES FROM BEING STRUCK BY THE MOTOR. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE SCENE AND LATER, RECEIVED STAPLES AT THE HOSPITAL FOR A LACERATION ON HIS HEAD RESULTING FROM THE PROPELLER OF THE BOAT MOTOR STRIKING HIM.