VESSEL A WAS RUNNING UP MOCCASIN CREEK TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP AT APPROX. 50 MPH WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED VESSEL B BEING OPERATED WITHOUT LIGHTS. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL B TURNED ON HIS LIGHTS JUST BEFORE VESSEL A ARRIVED AT HIS POSITION. THE OPERATOR OF THE BASS BOAT THEN TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE REAR SECTION OF THE DECK BOAT RUNNING OVER IT AND COMPLETELY CAUSING THE BASS BOAT TO BECOME AIRBORNE. REALIZING THAT HIS BOAT WAS SINKING, THE OPERATOR OF THE BASS BOAT PROCEEDED TO THE BOAT RAMP, TRAILERED HIS BOAT AND CALLED 911. A SEARCH THEN ENSUED FOR THE VESSEL B AND ITS OCCUPANTS FINALLY LOCATING THEM AT MOUNTAIN LAKE REGIONAL IN CLAYTON.
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