RedactedNarrative: On Saturday December 8, 2018, at roughly 09:05 am, Operator was traveling east on Lake Hickory going roughly 40 miles per hour. He was driving in the main channel of the lake.  As he approached the mouth of Snow Creek, Operator struck a floating railroad tie that he suspects came from someone’s bulkhead on the lake.  The gelcoat on the bottom of his boat was scratched, and the lower unit and keel of his outboard motor snapped from the transom. The collision also caused several scratches in the fiberglass transom of the boat. Operator was shaken up but unharmed.
  
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