On 7/15/2023, at around 14:50 hrs, i officer was patrolling the brunswick icw near holden beach when i was flagged down by two pwc operators that were involved in a vessel incident resulting in injury beyond basic first aid.

Upon further investigation, vessel 1 was operating on the right side of the icw heading towards ocean isle.  The pwc had one person on board.  Vessel 1 was a rental from holden beach jet ski rental.  Vessel one stated that it was travelling at an approximate speed of 40 mph when they crossed paths with a large wake from an unknown vessel, vessel 2.  

Vessel two was operating in the middle of the channel.  Vessel one stated that they hit the large wake from vessel 2 which caused the pwc to become airborne and caused the operator to involuntarily leave the seated position of the pwc.  

Vessel one stated that when he landed back onto the pwc, he believes that his ankle rolled on the deck of the pwc causing a sprain to the left ankle.  Vessel one then proceeded to return to holden beach jet ski rental where he received medical attention from a local ems unit.  Vessel one operator was then taken for x-rays as of 7/16/2023.  This incident occurred near nautical marker 67 according to vessel one operator.  Nothing further.


***please note:  this report was manually entered into bard due to continued transmission issues between report beam and bard ***

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