Unit 1 and 2 collided on the Saluda River Just above Blacks Bridge. Unit 1 was going up river when they saw a pontoon about 75 feet infront of them. The driver of unti 1 said he turned the boat to the right but knew he was not going to miss unit 2 so he turned back to the right hard so unit 1 would be impacted on his side (starboard) because his wife and son were on the port side. Driver of unit 1 said he did notice a red light once he impacted and bounced off unit 2.Unit 1 operator stated to the officer that they checked unit 2 occupants and once they found everyone was accounted for unit 1 tried to make it back to their house. The boat was filling up with water fast and unit 1 driver beached their boat on the corner of Lakewood Drive. 
Unit 2 driver said they saw the boat come out of the wake zone and come up the river towards him at a little bit of an angle. He felt unit 2 was going to straighten out and pass on Unit 1's starboard side. Once unit 2 realized Unit 1 was getting close and it appeared both units were going to be very close. Unit 2 attemped to alert Unit 1 with a spot light. Unit 2 was only going about 4/5 mph heading towards Blacks Bridge. Once he noticed there was going to be an impact Unti 1 turned right in an attempt to avoid the impact. Unit 2 said Unit 1 did not check on them and said Unit 1 stated they were going to "take his mother back to the dock". Unit 2 was sitting dead in the water because they lost their gas tank and also there was a speaker wire wrapped around the prop. There were several witnesses on the shore that saw and heard the accident and they said there were lights on both boats, because they were the only two boats on the river. After reading both statements and looking at the drawing both boats turned the same direction to avoid collision.