THE PWC's WERE RENTALS FROM THE LAKE BLUE RIDGE MARINA. OPERATORA STATED TAHT "WE WERE COMING OUT OF THE FIRST COVE TO THE RIGHT OF THE DAM IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DAM FROM THE MARINA. IT STARTED STORMING AND WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE MARINA. I MADE A RIGHT TURN AND SHE, OPERATORB, MADE A LEFT TURN AND WHEN I WAS COMING OUT OF THE TURN I RAN INTO HER. I LET OFF THE GAS AND TRIED TO TURN THE PWC BUT IT KEPT GOING STRAIGHT AND WE HIT AND WE BOTH FELL OFF." OPERATORA ALSO STATED THAT "SHE (OPERATORB) TRIED TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT BY MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN.
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