VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE OPERATING IN THE AREA OF GOAT ISLE, CANE CREEK ON HIGH ROCK LAKE.  THE TWO HAD BEEN ENGAGED IN HIGH SPEED PASSES, WHICH Operator1 HAD TURNED QUICKLY CAUSING THE PWC TO SPRAY WATER ON THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2.  THIS OCCURRED FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, AND BOTH OPERATORS WERE WARNED NOT TO OPERATE IN THE MANNER THEY WERE DOING BY THE OWNER OF THE PWCS.  ANOTHER PASS WAS MADE BY VESSEL 1, WHICH THE OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO TURN QUICKLY ENOUGH CAUSING THE PWC TO STRIKE VESSEL 2 FORWARD ON THE STARBOARD SIDE NEAR THE BOW.  VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED ALMOST AT A STOP WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED.  VESSEL 1 THEN RODE PARTIALLY OVER THE STEERING HANDLE BARS OF VESSEL 2 AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR/VICTIM, RESULTING IN THE COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT ARM, SEVERAL RIBS BEING BROKE, AND SEVERE BRUISING OF HIS TORSO.  EMS ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED THE VICTIM TO ROWAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  BOTH OPERATORS WERE WEARING PFDS AND NO ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUGS WERE INVOLVED.  NEITHER OPERATOR HAD DRIVEN A PWC PRIOR TO THAT DATE.  VESSEL 1 OPERATOR WAS ISSUED A CITATION FOR VIOLATION OF PWC OPERATION REGULATIONS.
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