OFFICER RECEIVED A CALL FROM RALEIGH COMMUNICATIONS ON SUNDAY, MAY 24TH AROUND 4PM.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE PAMLICO SOUND NEAR RODANTHE.  THERE WERE TWO VESSELS INVOLVED, BOTH WERE PWC'S.  OFFICER MET WITH THE VICTIM AND THE OPERATORS OF THE VESSELS AT DARE COUNTY HOSPITAL.  VESSEL2 OPERATOR DECIDED TO RIDE A LITTLE MORE.  VESSEL #2 OPERATOR STATED THAT SHE BARELY HIT THE THROTTLE WHEN HER PWC KICKED UP AND HIT THE SIDE OF VESSEL #1.  THE VESSEL STRUCK BOTH PEOPL ON BOARD.  OPERATOR2 STATED THAT THE VESSELS MOTOR WOULD KICK UP WHILE IT IDLED, AND THE OWNER OF THE PWC STATED THE SAME.  occupant on Vessel1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR A POSSIBLE BROKEN RIGHT LEG.  SHE WAS RELEASED WITH MINOR ABRASIONS, NO BROKEN LEG.  OFFICER SPOKE WITH THE OPERATOR OF THE THIRD VESSEL, WHICH WAS NOT INVOLVED, AND HE SAID VESSEL #2 WAS OLDER AND HAD SOME ENGINE PROBLEMS, HE ALSO STATED THAT THEY ALL WERE GETTING READY TO RIDE WHEN VESSEL #2 KICKED UP AND HIT VESSEL #1.
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