BASED ON WITNESS STATEMENTS AND EVIDENCE GATHERED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE, THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT TWO PERSONAL WATERCRAFTS DID COLLIDE ON DOUGLAS LAKE IN THE AREA OF DOUGLAS LAKE MARINA ON 7/20/2013 AT APPROXIMATLEY 1800 HOURS. VESSEL ONE ACCORDING TO WITNESSES WAS PERFORMING SPRAYING MANEUVERS AT VESSEL TWO. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO STATED THAT HE WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY THE WATER THAT WAS SPRAYED IN HIS EYES AN HE IMPACTED INTO THE SIDE OF VESSEL ONE. Operator1 STATED THAT HE FELL WHILE EXITING THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT ANd STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE DOCK. opertaor1 STATED THAT HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION, SO HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. Operator1's INJURIES WERE NOT CAUSED BY THE VESSEL COLLISION, BUT FROM FALLING WHILE EXITING THE PWC ONTO THE DOCK AFTER THE COLLISION HAD OCCURRED.
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