VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND IN A NARROW MARKED NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL, BORDERED BY MANGROVE TREES.  VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING THRU AN UNMARKED PERPENDIULAR CUT BORDERED BY MANGROVE TREES, ENTERING FROM THE SOUTH.  VESSEL 1 PULLED OUT INTO THE BLIND CROSS CREEK DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 1 TRIED TO BACK UP, BUT COULD NOT AND WAS HIT AT A RIGHT ANGLE ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE BY VESSEL 2  VESSEL 2'S KEEL RODE UP THE RUBRAIL OF VESSEL 1 CAUSING TRANSFER MARKS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 2 WAS RESTRICTED IN ITS ABILITY TO MANEUVER BY HEAVY VESSEL TRAFFIC.  A PERSON WAS INJURED AND THROWN OUT OF VESSEL 1.  I FIND THAT VESSEL 1 WAS AT FAULT IN THIS ACCIDENT.  ; V1 occupant:RIGHT EAR GASHED. GASH IN LEFT ARM. TROUBLE BREATHING.
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