Conclusion: Vessel #1 was charged with Operating a Personal Watercraft within 50 ft of another vessel (since the operator was a juvenile the adult passenger was issued the citation) The owner of vessel #1 allowed the juvenile and subject 1 to borrow the waverunner so the owner was issued a citation for Unregistered Motorboat. 

Narrative: The victim (V2) stated that he was trying to tie his waverunner to the dock when he was struck from behind by something.  The operator of V1 was a 15 year old with no boating experience and sitting directly behind him on the waverunner was subject 1 who also had little boating experience.  The juvenile stated that he was trying to turn to avoid to accident but the waverunner would not respond. Personal watercraft will not respond unless you give them throttle and it appeared as if the juvenile let off the throttle just before the accident and this would not allow it to turn. V1 struck V2 directly from behind and it went all the way over the top of V2 striking subject 2 in the back and causing serious injury.  Damage to V1 included boarding handle on stern completely destroyed, seat was taken off, handle bar and throttle control were severly damaged.  Damage on the vessels clearly shows that V1 went all the way over V2
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