AT OR AROUND 3:30PM ON JUNE 28, 2009 VESSEL1 WAS OPERATING VESSEL ONE TOWING A TUBE OCCUPIED BY VICTIM.  VESSEL ONE WAS TRAVELING ON PLANE TOWARDS BEAUFORT INLET IN THE CHANNEL OFF WADE SHORE.  VESSEL ONE MADE A LEFT TOWARDS THE SHORE (180 DEGREES).  DURING THE TURN THE TUBE CROSSED THE STARBOARD WAKE OF VESSEL ONE.  Vessel1 NOTICED THE TUBE HAD CROSSED THE WAKE SO HE SLOWED DOWN.  IT WAS TO LATE.  THE TUBE CONTINUED TO GLIDE ACROSS THE WATER SLAMMING INTO THE SIDE OF VESSEL TWO.  VICTIM LET GO OF THE TUBE JUST BEFORE IT COLLIDED WITH VESSEL TWO BUT HER MOMENTUM CARRIED HER INTO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.  VICTIM WAS UNABLE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING BEYOND THAT POINT.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  LT. AND I MEASURED THE TOW ROPE WITH A RANGE FINDER WHICH READ IT TO BE 17 YARDS OR 50 FEET.
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