OPERATOR 1 WAS TRAVELING DOWN STREAM ON THE TICKFAW RIVER. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES HE WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. OPERATOR 2 WAS RIDING A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT AND TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS OPERATOR 1. OPERATOR 2 EITHER SLOWED OR MAUNEVERED THE VESSEL ABRUPTLY (STATEMENTS VARY). OPERATOR 1 TURNED RIGHT, TOWARD THE SHORE, TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE PWC. OPERATOR 1 IMPACTED A TREE ON THE SHORE AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO HIS BOAT.
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