I CONCLUDED FROM WITNESS STATEMENTS, INJURIES AND TRANSFER MARKS ON BOTH VESSELS A AND B THAT THE FOLLOWING OCCURED. VESSEL A WAS TRAVELING IN FRONT OF VESSEL B, OFF VESSEL B'S STARBOARD SIDE. VESSEL A MADE A TURN TO IT'S PORT AND DECELERATED INTO VESSEL B'S DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. AT THAT TIME VESSEL B CAME OFF THE THROTTLE CAUSING HIS VESSEL TO LOSS CONTROL OF STEERING AND IMPACTED VESSEL A MIDSHIP. AT THE POINT OF IMPACT VESSEL B RAMPED UP THE SIDE OF VESSEL A IMPACTING BOTH OPERATOR AND PASSENGER. THE OPERATOR SUSTAINED A BROKE LEFT RIB AND THE PASSENGER'S LEFT ARM WAS ALSO BROKEN.
FLOWERY BRANCH                