VESSEL ONE WAS ANCHORED NEAR A RIVERBEND MUSIC CONCERT AND AFTER THE CONCERT THE PARTY OF FIVE ON BOARD ON VESSEL ONE WENT DOWN RIVER TO A DOCK AND THEN BACK UPRIVER TOWaRDS A BOAT RAMP ON THE OHIO BANK. VESSEL ONE WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 30 MPH. VESSEL TWO LEFT THE HARBOUR HEADING DOWNRIVER TOWARDS CINNCINNATI, CRUISING AT IDLE SPEED WHEN OPERATOR SAW VESSEL ONE CLOSING IN. VESSEL TWO OPERATOR STATED TAHT IT LOOKED AS THOUGH VESSEL ONE WOULD PASS ON HIS PORT SIDE, THEN VESSEL ONE SUDDENLY MADE A SHARP TURN TO VESSEL TWO'S PORT, HITTING THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL TWO. SOMETIME DURING THE IMPACT, THE FATAL VICTIM WAS EJECTED INTO THE WATER.  THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS ON VESSEL ONE STAYED ON BOARD. WITHIN TWO MINUTES VESSEL ONE SANK AND ALL OCCUMPANTS OF VESSEL TWO THREW THEM PFD'S. THE OCCUPANTS ON VESSEL ONE WERE HELPED ONTO VESSEL TWO BUT ALL SUSTAINED INJURIES OF VARYING DEGREES. NO ONE WAS INJURED FROM VESSEL TWO.  ACCORDING TO OPERATOR OF VESSEl TWO, VESSEL ONE WAS OPERATING WITHOUT NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS. IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WAS OPERATING VESSEL ONE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. PFD'S WHERE NOT BEING WORN OR USED. VESSEL TWO HAD NO ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT, AND VESSEL ONE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
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