On November 9, 2010 at approximately 1050 a.m. I received a call from Sgt to respond to a boating incident in St Andrews Sound.  RFC and I traveled by vessel to the scene.  The commercial vessel Morning Star was trawling and making a right turn to head back out to sea when the Compass Rose made impact with the port side outriggers and cables on the Morning Star.  The incident occurred in St Andrews Sound off of the south end of Jekyll Island.  I (Sgt) spoke with Operator1, the captain of the Compass Rose.  Operator1 stated that he had his boat on auto-pilot and went below to get a piece of pound cake.  As he returned to pilot his vessel, he struck the commercial trawler Morning Star.  Both vessels were damaged by the incident.  Video of the Morning Star was taken by Sgt.  Pictures of the Morning Star were taken by Sgt as well.  The USCG took photos of the Compass Rose. - Sgt 

The crew of the Morning Star, consisted of the Captain and two crew members.  At the time of the incident, two subjects were complaining of back injuries.  Third subject said he was ok. Nothing further at this time.

All Video and pictures of the incident have been submitted to the Brunswick DNR LE Office.

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