RedactedNarrative: ON MARCH 26, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30, OPERATOR WAS ON HIS BOAT TRAVELING UP THE NEW RIVER NEAR SNEADS FERRY.  OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE WATERWAY LOOKED TO BE CLEAR, ALTHOUGHT HE NOTICED A DREDGING COMPANY HAD BOATS NEARBY.  OPERATOR REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON PLANE MOVING AT A GOOD SPEED WHEN HE STRUCK A SUBMERGED PIPE BELONGING TO THE DREDGING COMPANY.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THERE WERE NO FLAGS OR MARKERS MARKING THE PIPE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO BOATERS.  EXTENSIVE FIBERGLASS DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR.
  
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