V1 AND V2 WERE OPERATING NORTHBOUND IN THE ICW NEAR MARKER 37. WHILE RIDING APPROXIMATELY 250-300 FEET ASTERN OF ANOTHER VESSEL, THE TWO VESSELS BECAME SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER. V1 OPERATOR DID NOT SEE V2 UNTIL V2 BEGAN CROSSING IN FRONT OF V1, APPROACHING FROM STARBOARD SIDE. V1 STRUCK V2 ON THE PORT SIDE BOTH OPERATORS WERE EJECTED FROM EACH VESSEL AND REMOVED FROM THE WATER BY GOOD SAMARITANS.
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