ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM, VESSEL #1, A STATE OWNED LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROL BOAT WAS CONDUCTING LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY INSPECTIONS OF MOTORBOATS ON HIGH ROCK LAKE, IN THE CRANE CREEK AREA.  VESSEL #2 WITH A PASSENGER, (SIX YEAR OLD SON) WAS OBSERVED PASSING THRU A NO-WAKE ZONE.  THE YOUNGSTER, APPEARED TO BE OPERATING VESSEL #2 (A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT).  AS VESSEL #2 LEFT THE AREA, OPERATOR1 BEGAN TO FOLLOW AND ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VESSEL AND CONDUCT A SAFTEY INSPECTION.  OPERATOR2 AT THIS POINT WAS DRIVING VESSEL #2, AND DID NOT APPEAR TO NOTICE THE PATROL BOAT FOLLOWING HIM WITH EMERGENCY BLUE LIGHTS IN OPERATION.  AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE VESSEL #2 BEGAN A MODERATE SPEED TURN TO THE STARBOARD.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 DID NOT LOOK TO THE SIDES OR BEHIND THE VESSEL PRIOR TO OR DURING THE TURN.  VESSEL #1 HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH OR LESS IN PREPARATION FOR A NORMAL BOAT INSPECTION.  AS VESSEL #2 COMPLETED HIS TURN AND NOW WAS TRAVELING BACK IN THE DIRECTION HE HAD CAME, THE OPERATOR SUDDENLY LOOKED UP AND SAW VESSEL #1 WITH EMERGENCY LIGHTS ACTIVATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HIS QUICKLY MOVING WATERCRAFT.  VESSEL #2'S OPERATOR PANICKED AND SUDDENLY PLACED HIS CONTROLS INTO REVERSE, WHICH THE SUDDEN REARWARD THRUST THREW BOTH HIM AND HIS PASSENGER INTO THE WATER OFF THE STARBOARD STERN OF THE PWC.  THE NOW RIDERLESS AND UNPOWERED VESSEL #2 WAS PROPELLED INTO THE PATH OF THE LARGER VESSEL #1.  VESSEL #1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE POWER AN AVOID THE ONCOMING RIDERLESS PWC, AS THIS WAS ATTEMPTED THE MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF AND THE COLLISION OCCURRED.  AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, VESSEL #1'S SPEED WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 10 MPH OR LESS.  THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE COLLISION WAS ONLY TO VESSEL #2, AND CONSISTED OF FIBERGLASS DAMAGE AMIDSHIP ON THE STARBOARD SIDE, SEAT COVER TORN AT THE IMPACT POINT, AND FIBERGLASS DAMAGE TO THE TOP HOOD PORTION IN FRONT AND AROUND THE HANDLE BARS.  NO PERSONAL INJURIES OCCURRED, AND NO DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED ON VESSEL #1.  ALL VICTIMS WERE WEARING APPROVED PFDS AND NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WERE INVOLVED.  NO CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED.
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