ON JULY 8, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:46 AM THERE WAS A BOATING ACCIDENT ON THE ICW NEAR HOLDEN BEACH.  OPERATOR1 AND OPERATOR2 WERE BOTH OPERATING A PWC WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  OPERATOR2 AND HER DAUGHTER WERE DRIFTING WITH THE CURRENT WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY THE PWC THAT WAS OPERATED BY HER HUSBAND OPERATOR1.  OPERATOR1 ADVISED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE OTHER PWC AT IDLE SPEED WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE GAS AND COLLIDED WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ONLY ONE PWC.  THE FAMILY SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION IN THE ER AT BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.  THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL INVOLVED IN THIS ACCDIENT.
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