ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS FROM THE TWO OPERATORS, THEY RENTED JETSKIS FROM JOHNS PASS WAVE RUNNERS, ALONG WITH A GROUP OF OTHER FRIENDS FOR AN AFTERNOON RIDE ON THE GULF. AT THE END OF THEIR RENTALS THEY CAME TOGETHER FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION BEFORE DEPARTING FOR JOHNS PASS. AFTER THEIR DISCUSSION, THEY ACCELERATED THEIR JETSKIS WHILE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND BEGAN TRAVELING SOUTH TOWARDS JOHNS PASS. ANOTHER JETSKI BEGAN TO VEER INFRONT OF operator1, SO HE MADE AN EASTERLY TURN TO THE LEFT AND CAME OFF THROTTLE. WHILE DOING THIS HE ENTERED THE PATH OF operator2, WHO ALSO CAME OFF THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE VESSEL, BUT DUE TO OFF THROTTLE STEERING, COLLIDED WITH vessel1, CAUSING APPROXIMATELY 2000 IN DAMAGES.
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