VESSEL #1 WITH subject 1 AND subject 2 ON BOARD WERE SITTING IN THE 2ND CREEK UP FROM WAKE CO. BOAT RAMP ON SHERRON HARRIS LAKE.  THEY WERE FISHING WITH THE BOW POINTED AT THE BANK AND THE MOTOR OFF.  subject 1 WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE BOAT AND subject 2 WAS AT THE REAR.  VESSEL #2 BEING OPERATED BY subject 3, WAS COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CREEK TOWARDS THE MAIN BODY OF THE LAKE.  AS HE APPROACHED VESSEL #1, subject 3 TURNED HIS HEAD AND ATTENTION TO WAVE TO SOMEONE HE KNEW ON A DIFFERENT BOAT.  HE WAS NOT LOOKING WHERE HE WAS GOING AND DRIFTED TOWARDS VESSEL #1. subject 3'S BOAT STRUCK THE STERN OF VESSEL #1 ON THE PORT SIDE AND WENT ALL THE WAY ACCROSS THE REAR SECTION OF THE BOAT.  THE ENGINE MOUNT OF VESSEL #1 BROKE AND THE MOTOR WAS LAID OVER PERPENDICULAR TO WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.  THE TRANSOM OF VESSEL #1 ALSO CRACKED.  VESSEL #2 HAD DAMAGE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT.  THE RUBBER KEEL GUARD WAS PEELED OFF, AND THERE WERE SCRATCHES AT TEARS IN THE FIBERGLASS AND PAINT.  THE PROP WAS ALSO BENT AND HAD INDENTATIONS.  ALSO ONE OF THE LATCHES ON THE ENGINE COWLING WAS BROKEN OFF.  IN MY OPINION THIS ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY CARELESS OPERATION AND OPERATOR INATTENTION ON THE PART OF subject 3.  HE WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A VESSEL.
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