TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE OPERATING PWC'S ON A PRIVATE POND AND CIRCLING AROUND A SMALL ISLAND IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. WHRN BOTH OPERATORS MET, THE FIRST OPERATOR SLOWED TO A NEAR STOP IN ORDER TO TURN AROUND. THE SECOND OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO STOP BUT STRUCK THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE FIRST PWC, STRIKING THE OPERATOR AND SEVERELY INJURING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
CARSON, VA.                   