VESSEL 2 WAS NOT UNDER POWER AND DRIFTING, FACING SOUTH. VESSEL 1 WAS UNDER POWER IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION.  VESSEL 1 APPROACHED VESSEL 2 FROM THE NORTHWEST. VESSEL 1 PORT SIDE STRUCK VESSEL 2 STARBOARD SIDE.  PASSENGER WAS EJECTED FROM VESSEL 2 TO THE EAST OF THE AREA OF THE IMPACT BUT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 STATED HE DID NOT SEE VESSEL 2.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX .54 MILES WEST OF THE EAST SHORELINE AND APPROX 1.29 MILES N OF SNAKE CREEK ISLAND AND APPROX .8 MILES SOUTH OF CHICKEN CREEK ISLAND.
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