VESSEL # 1 WAS ANCHORED APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS OFF THE EAST BANK OF SECOND CREEK. VESSEL # 2 WAS CHANGING FISHING SPOTS MOVING FROM EAST BANK TO THE WEST BANK. VESSEL # 2 WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN WHERE THERE WAS A GLARE ON THE WATER AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. VESSEL #2 COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #1 AT THE STARBOARD SIDE BOW.

VESSEL #2 TRAVELED OVER VESSEL #1 UNTIL THE LOWER UNIT ON VESSEL #2 IMPACTED THE STARBOARD SIDE BOW OF VESSEL #1 CAUSING AN 18 INCH HOLE FROM THE PROPELLER. THIS CAUSED VESSEL #1 TO SWING OUT FROM UNDER VESSEL #2. AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 1 WAS STANDING AT THE BOW OF THE VESSEL AND WAS STRUCK BY VESSEL #2 AS IT TRAVELD OVER VESSEL #1. OPERATOR WAS EJECTED INTO THE WATER WITH ARM AND CHEST INJURIES. EMS REVIVED OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 ON SCENE BUT LATER DIED DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED. VESSEL # 1 WAS TOTALED AND VESSEL #2 HAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE KEEL, TROLLING MOTOR, AND TRANSOM DUE TO LOWER UNIT STRIKING VESSEL #1 AS IT PASSED OVER THE TOP.
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