OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START VESSEL ONE WHILE DOCKED ON THE RIVER. OPERATOR STATED AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS AND WHILE MOVING THE THROTTLE, THE ENGINE STARTED CAUSING THE VESSEL TO ACCELERATE FORWARD STRIKING AN UNOCCUPIED VESSEL. (VESSEL TWO). ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED AND IT IS UNKNOW IF PFD'S WHERE BEING WORN. OFFICER WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER.
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