OPERATOR2 WAS OPERATING A PWC AND CRUISING IN MUDDY CREEK.   THE HUSBAND OF OPERATOR2 AND HIS YOUNG GRANDSON, WERE ALSO CRUSING ON A PWC IN MUDDY CREEK.  OPERATOR1 SLOWED DOWN AND ALMOST CAME TO A STOP IN FRONT OF OPERATOR1 AND HIS GRANDSON.  OPERATOR1 WAS LOOKING OFF TO HIS LEFT (PORTSIDE) AT SOMETHING ON THE SHORELINE AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT OPERATOR2 HAD SLOWED DOWN AND WAS COMING TO A STOP DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM AND HIS GRANDSON.  OPERATOR1 CONTINUED HIS PROGRESS ON THE PWC HE WAS OPERATING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND STRUCK OPERATOR2 IN HER BACK WITH THE FRONT OF THE PWC HE WAS OPERATING.  OPERATOR2 WAS THROWN FORWARD AND EJECTED FROM HER PWC.  OPERATOR1 AND HIS GRANDSON WERE ALSO EJECTED FROM THEIR PWC BY THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION.  OPERATOR1 HAD TO RETREIVE OPERATOR2 AND UPRIGHT HER UPPER TORSO FROM THE WATER DUE TO THE DAMAGE THE IMPACT HAD CAUSED TO HER BACK.  ALL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THIS COLLISION WERE WEARING APPROVED PFD'S AND NO ALCOHOL USE WAS DETECTED IN THE INVESTIGATION.  OPERATOR1 AND HIS GRANDSON RECEIVED NO PERSONAL INJURIES.
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