V1 AND V2 WERE SOUTHBOUND IN THE ICW NEAR MARKER 7 OF DUNEDIN FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS, V1 RAN INTO THE REAR OF V2 CAUSING APPROX 2000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. V1 WAS FOLLOWING V2 AND TRAVELING AT THE SAME SPEED. OPERATOR OF V1 STATED THAT V2 SLOWED RAPIDLY FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON AND HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE EVASIVE MANEUVERS. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION CAUSED AN OCCUPANT ON V2 TO HAVE NECK AND BACK PAIN.;:OCCUPANT WAS NOT STRUCK DIRECTLY BY VESSEL HOWEVER DUE TO IMPACT OCCUPANT WAS COMPLAINING OF BACK AND NECK PAIN.
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