VESSEL 1 WAS A 20'4" REINELL OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 4 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  VESSEL 2 WAS A 9'11" BOMBARDIE PERS. WATERCRAFT WITH 1 PERSON ON BOARD.  OPERATOR 1 WAS OPERATING EAST LEAVING THE COVE AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, WHEN HE SAW TWO YELLOW SEA DOO JET SKIS GOING BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF HIM.  OPERATOR 1 STATED THAT THE FIRST ONE PASSED HIS BOW AT APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS IN FRONT OF HIM.  OPERATOR 1 STATED THAT HE SAW THE JET SKI TURN AROUND AND THAT HE HAD TO TURN TO PORT TO AVOID COLLISION WITH THE FIRST JET SKI.  OPERATOR 1 STATED THAT THE OTHER SEA DOO JET SKI VESSEL 2 WAS THEN IN FRONT OF HIM AND THAT HE HAD TO TURN HARDER TO THE LEFT TO ATTEMPT TO AVOID COLLISION.  OPERATOR 1 STATED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS VESSEL (STARBOARD SIDE) HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF VESSEL 2 (PORT SIDE).  OPERATOR 2 WAS THROWN OFF THE VESSEL, OPERATOR 1 CUT OFF HIS BOAT ENGINE AND JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO HELP OPERATOR 2.  OPERATOR 2 WAS TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE COVE AND PARK RANGERS PROVIDED FULL PATIENT CARE, INCLUDING IV THERAPY AND FULL SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION.  OPERATOR 2 WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY VESSEL 1 CAUSING INTERNAL INJURIES AND SPINAL INJURY, THEN TRANSPORTED TO WARMC BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED. OPERATOR 1 WAS CITED FOR RULES OF THE ROAD VIOLATION RULE #15 CROSSING SITUATION, A VIOLATION OF 36 CFR 3.2(A)/33 USC2072(4)(A)-RULE 15.  OPERATOR 1 WAS ALSO GIVEN A VERBAL WARNING FOR NOT HAVING A THROWABLE PFD, AND WAS ADVISED THAT HE NEEDED TO OBTAIN ONE BEFORE GOING BACK OUT ON THE WATER.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 1 $800.00 PUNCTURE TO BOAT IN BETWEEN 1 & 2, BOW EYE BENT TOWARDS PORTSIDE.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 2 $2000.00 EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE OF JET SKI, ALSO DAMAGE TO HANDLE BAR AREA.
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