ON SUNDAY, 5/28/2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00PM, OFFICER 1 WERE NOTIFIED BY SGT 2 THAT THERE WAS A BOATING INCIDENT INVOLVING A VESSEL AND A PWC.  OFFICER 1 RESPONDED TO SURF CITY JET SKI RENTALS AND ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 5:50PM.
OFFICER ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM.  OFFICER 1 INTERVIEWED BOTH THE OPERATORS OF THE VESSELS.

UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TOOK PLACE:

VESSEL 1 WAS RENTED AND WAS BEING OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR.  VESSEL 2 WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY V2 OPERATOR.  VESSEL 1 WAS CRUISING BETWEEN 30-40 MPH GOING NORTH TOWARDS THE NORTH TOPSAIL BRIDGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHANNEL ON THE ICW.  VESSEL 2 WAS CRUISING BETWEEN 50-60 MPH HEADING NORTH TOWARDS TOPSAIL BRIDGE.  VESSEL 2 WAS BEHIND AND SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF VESSEL Q ON THE ICW.  VESSEL ONE STEERED TO THE LEFT ALMOST AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE OF THE CHANNEL TO AVOID HITTING THE BRIDGE WITHOUT LOOKING BEHIND HIM.  VESSEL 1 CROSSED INTO THE PATH OF VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 1 WAS IMPACTED BY VESSEL 2 AT THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 2 DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SLOW DOWN OR TURN TO AVOID HITTING VESSEL 1.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 WAS EJECTED FROM THE VESSEL OFF THE LEFT SIDE.  V1 OPERATOR, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS NOT EJECTED AND WAS ABLE TO GET OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 OUT OF THE WATER AND BACK ON BOARD HIS VESSEL.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM THE INCIDENT.  AS A RESULT OF THE CONTACT, VESSEL 1 HAD SUBSTANTIAL FIBERGLASS DAMAGE ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE AND ON THE STEERING HANDLE.  VESSEL 2 HAD SEVERAL SCRATCHES ON BOTH SIDES OF TE HULL FROM WHERE VESSEL 1 MADE IMPACT.  VESSEL 2 HAS SCRATCHES AND CHIPS UNDERNEATH THE VESSEL'S HULL.  THE PROP WAS BENT, AND THE TRANSDUCER WAS BROKEN OFF AT THE STERN.  A FISHING POLE ONBOARD VESSEL 2 WAS LOST. A NET AND FISH MEASURING STICK THAT WAS ONBOARD VESSEL 2 WERE BOTH BENT.  A TROLLING MOTOR REMOTE, POWER POLE REMOTE AND SUNGLASSES ON V2 OPERATOR'S PERSON WERE LOST AS A RESULT OF HIM BEING EJECTED.

V1 OPERATOR WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS/NEGLIGENT OPERATION (G.S. 75A-10(A).

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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