ON 08/04/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:50 P.M., BOTH VESSELS WERE TRAVELING IN THE ALLISON COVE AREA OF BOONE LAKE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE WAS LEAVING THE AREA AND OBSERVED VESSEL #2 OPERATING ERRATICALLY. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THE SPEED OF VESSEL #2 INCREASED SUDDENLY AND HEADED IN HIS DIRECTION. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HE WAS TURNED AROUND BACKWARDS RIDING ON THE BOW OF THE PWC AND WAS GOING IN CIRCLES AND DOING TRICKS. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HE OBSERVED VESSEL #1 GETTING CLOSER AND BAILED OFF OF THE PWC. VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #2 IN THE STARBOARD SIDE. AFTER THE COLLISON, VESSEL #2 CONTINUED TO TRAVEL STRIKING A RETAINING WALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED IN THIS INCIDENT. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WILL BE CITED FOR RECKLESS OPERATION OF A PWC AND FAILURE TO ATTACH LANYARD.
PINEY FLATS                   