OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 WAS MANEUVERING AHEAD OF VESSEL # 2 WHEN HE LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND SLOWED DOWN SUDDENLY.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 2 WAS NOT AWARE OF VESSEL # 1 STOPPING AND STRUCK HIM FROM THE STERN GOING UP THE BACK OF THE VESSEL AND THE OPERATOR.  BOTH OPERATORS WENT INTO THE WATER BUT BOTH WERE WEARING THEIR PFDS.  WITNESSES ON SHORE SWAM OUT TO ASSIST GETTING THE INJURED OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 AND THE WATERCRAFT BACK TO SHORE.
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