ON 8/9/09 AT APPROX. 1315HRS V1 AND V2 WERE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHILE OPERATING 2 PWCS JUST OUTSIDE OF BASS CREEK ON CANYON LAKE. I RECEIVED 2 DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS ON HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. V1 STATED HE WAS OPERATING HIS DADS PWC. HE WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 30MPH WHEN HE OBSERVED V2 AND ANOTHER PWC FLOATING CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF THE CHANNEL NEAR A BEND. HE PASSED THEM AND THE SHORELINE WAS TO HIS RIGHT. A SHORT TIME LATER HE OBSERVED A BOAY TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HIS INTENTION WAS TO TURN AROUND AFTER THE BOAT PASSED HIM. AS HE STARTED TO TURN HE LOOKED OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND SAW V2 QUICKLY APPROACHING HIM. THE FRONT RIGHT OF V2 STRUCK HIS LEFT REAR CORNER. IT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. V2 RENTED PWC SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HULL. V1 SAID V2 OPERATOR HAD A SCARED LOOK ON HIS FACE. V1 STOPPED HIS WATERCRAFT AND SIGNALED FOR V2 TO COME OVER TO HIM. V1 STATED V2 SPOKE BROKEN ENGLISH AND SAID ITS OK, ITS OK. V2 THEN DROVE OFF AND V1 FOLLOWED TO WERE V2S GROUP WAS PICNICKING. V2 RELAYED HIS EXPLANATION OF THE ACCIDENT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS FRIEND AS AN INTERPRETER. HE SAID HE WAS TRAVELING ON A RENTED PWC ABOUT 30MPH. V1 PASSED HIM AND HIS FRIEND WHO WAS BEHIND HIM AND TO HIS RIGHT. THAT IS BETWEEN HIM AND THE SHORELINE. AFTER PASSING ALONG SIDE OF THEM, V1 THEN TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF V2 CAUSING THEM TO COLLIDE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE DAMAGE TO V2 IS ON THE BOTTOM IF THE HULL, INDICATING HIS PWC WAS ON PLANE AND/OR POSSIBLY TURNING IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE COLLISION. BECAUSE OF THE THE TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED AND LACK OF AN INDEPENDENT WITNESS, I DID NOT ISSUE EITHER PARTY A CITATION. NOTHING FURTHER.
MESA                          