V1 AND V2 LAUNCHED THEIR PWC'S TOGETHER. SHORTLY AFTER THEY LAUNCHED, THE WEATHER BEGAN TO DETERIORATE AND THEY DECIDED TO HEAD FOR SHELTER IN A NEAR BY CANAL. AS THE WEATHER BEGAN TO SUBSIDE, V1 AND V2 DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP. V2 WAS IN FRONT OF V1 AND ON THEIR RETURN TO THE RAMP, THE RAIN STARTED AGAIN, THIS TIME VERY HEAVY. V2 HAD TO SLOW TO IDLE SPEED BECAUSE THE OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE. SUDDENLY V1 CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF V2 INJURING THE PASSENGER.
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