ON 06/18/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:50 P.M., VESSEL #2 WAS DRIFTING AT THE WESTERN POINT OF HODGE ISLAND IN THE WATAUGA FLATS AREA OF THE WATAUGA RIVER IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPRAY THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN TOO CLOSE AND HAD LET OFF THE THROTTLE. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED HE COULD NOT STOP OR TURN THE VESSEL IN TIME TO AVOID COLLISION. VESSEL #1 STRUCK VESSEL #2 IN THE STARBOARD SIDE ALSO STRIKING THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 IN HER RIGHT SIDE KNOCKING HER FROM THE VESSEL. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS TRANSPORTED TO JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
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