ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS AND EVIDENCE GATHERED VESSEL # 2 ( BAYLINER) WAS DRIFTING IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANNEL ON SMITH LAKE WITH NO LIGHTS ON.  VESSEL # 1 (KENNER) WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND TOWARD  BRIDGE WHEN VESSEL # 1 STRUCK VESSEL # 2.  INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY A PASSENGER ABOARD VESSEL # 1 AND A PASSENGER ABOARD VESSEL # 2.
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