ON SUNDAY 7/23/2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 PM, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE NE CAPE FER RIVER BETWEEN TURKEY CREEK AND PRINCE GEORGE CREEK.  VESSEL 1 WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY OPERATOR.

UPON INVESTIGATION AND SPEAKING WITH THE OPERATOR, ALONG WITH THE OCCUPANTS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TOOK PLACE:  THE OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING UP ROVER AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH TOWARDS CASTLE HAYNE.  VESSEL 1 IMPACTED AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER CAUSING THE VESSEL TO RUN AGROUND.  IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 09:30 PM ND RAINING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

OPERATOR WAS STANDING UP BEHIND THE CENTER CONSOLE OPERATING THE VESSEL WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  PASSENGER 1 WAS STANDING TO THE RIGHT OF OPERATOR.  PASSENGER 2 (Injured 1) WAS SEATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT IN FRONT OF THE CENTER CONSOLE.  PASSENGER 3 WAS SEATED ON THE LEFT IDE OF THE SET IN FRONT OF THHE CENTER CONSOLE.
PASSENGER 3
AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT, PASSENGER 3 (Injured 2) IMPACTED THE FRONT OF THE VESSEL AND SUFFERED BREAKS IN HER LEFT TIBIA AND FIBULA, MICROFRACTURES IN THE LEFT FEMUR, FRACTURED LEFT PATELLA AND RUPTURE LEFT PATELLAR TENDON.  PASSENGER 3 WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER VIA AMBULANCE.  PASSENGER 2 IMNPACTED HER HEAD AT THE FRONT OF THE VESSEL AND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION.  SHE WENT TO NOVANT HEALTH EMERGENCY CENTER THE NEXT DAY.  SEA TOW WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VESSEL OFF THE ISLAND.  NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE VESSEL.

PENDER COUNTY AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY EMS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE FIRST TO ARRIVE AT THE SCENE, FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY NCWRC OFFICERS.  NO CHARGES WERE FILED.

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NE CAPE FEAR RIVER
CASTLE HAYNE                  