V-1 LEAVING BAYSIDE SHELL ISLAND AREA, HEADED TOWARDS PANAMA CITY MARINA. V2 OPERATED BY A LICENSE CAPTAIN LEAVING GRAND LAGOON, HEADED TOWARDS BAYSIDE OF SHELL ISLAND. V2 CROSSED V1 PORT BOW. V1 SWERVED TO PORT TO AVOID COLLISION BUT STRUCK THE BACK STARBOARD CORNER AND STARBOARD MOTOR OF V2 WITH V1 STARBOARD SIDE. V1 STOPPED AND V2 THEN STRUCK V1 IN THE STARBOARD SIDE WITH V2'S BOW, CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGES TO V1. V2 LOST POWER AND BECAME DISABLED AS THE OUTBOARDS TOOK WATER INTO ITS CYLINDERS WHEN THE BOW OF V2 WAS ON V1. THREE INJURED PERSONS WERE TRANSPORTED TO EMS AT BAY POINT BY US COAST GUARD. COAST GUARD THEN WENT BACK TO SCENE AND TOWED V1 WHICH WAS DRIFTING TO BAY POINT WHILE ANOTHER BOATER TOWED V2 WHICH WAS AT ANCHOR TO BAY POINT.
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