ON 6/6/09 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:36 AM, P1 AND P2'S BOATS COLLIDED INTO ONE ANOTHER INSIDE THE CHANNEL PERCY PRIEST LAKE NEAR THE MOUTH OF STEWARTS CREEK IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY. P2 WAS ALONE BUT P1 HAD HIS TWo SONS WITH HIM AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. OPERATOR STATEMENTS AND BOAT DAMAGE INDICATE THAT THE VESSELS WERE HEADING IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION FROM THE MAIN CHANNEL TO THE CHANNEL OF STEWARTS CREEK. FURTHERMORE, THE DAMAGE INDICATES THAT P2 (V2) WAS OVERTAKING P1 (V1). THEREFORE, P2 SHOULD HAVE GIVEN WAY SINCE P1 WAS OPERATING THE "STAND ON" VESSEL. UNAWARE OF P1'S VESSEL'S PRESENCE, P2 CONTINUED TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF STEWARTS CREEK IMPACTING P1'S BOAT ON THE STARBOARD SIDE. NO ONE RECEIVED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED TREATMENT BEYOND FIRST-AID.
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