RedactedNarrative: On August 1, 2015 the operator of vessel 1 and passenger was involved in a boating incident in Bonaparte Creek near Sunset Beach NC.
  
  The operator of vessel 1 was traveling south on Bonaparte Creek; as the operator approached the mouth of the creek the vessel struck a submerged sandbar ejecting both occupants from the vessel. The passenger suffered neck and back injuries from impact with the sandbar the operator was unharmed. The passenger was taken to Seacoast Medical in South Carolina for treatment. Both operator and the passenger were both wearing required personal flotation devices. Vessel 1 was equipped with required safety equipment. 
  
  Operator inexperience of the area and a submerged sandbar are believed to be the contributing factor in the incident.  Neither alcohol nor drugs were believed to be contributing factors.
   