ON 7/16/2010, A BOATING ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN IMMEDIATELY WEST OF STUMPY CREEK ACCESS AREA IN MOORESVILLE.  V2 was occupied by two people.  VESSEL 2 WAS HEADING NORTH IN A ZIG ZAG PATTERN CREATING WAKES FOR THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1.  OPERATOR OF VESSEl DID NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS WITH HIM AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT.  AS VESSEL 2 CONTINUOUSLY TURNED LEFT AND RIGHT CREATING NUMEROUS WAKES, VESSEL 1 CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT LINE JUMPING THE SERIES OF WAKES WITH THE PWC.  VESSEL 2 TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND SLOWED DOWN JUST AS VESSEL 1 WAS APPROACHING ITS STARBOARD SIDE.  VESSEL 1'S BOW STRUCK VESSEL 2 IN THE STARBOARD-STERN AND THE BOTTOM OF VESSEL 1'S HULL CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE REAR CORNER OF VESSEL 2.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND WAS OPERATING AT CLOSER THAN 100 FEET BEHIND VESSEL 2.  THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IS VESSEL 1 HAD MAINTAINED THE SAFE AND LAWFUL DISTANCE OF 100 FEET BETWEEN VESSELS, THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED HIM TIME TO REACT APPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO AVOID A COLLISION. Operator1 STATED THAT HIS RIGHT KNEE AND ANKLE WERE SORE, BUT DID NOT INTEND TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT.  PRIOR TO THE CONCLUSION OF MY INVESTIGATION, HE STATED THAT HE MAY GO AND GET HIS INJURIES CHECKED OUT AT A MEDICAL FACILITY.  
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