Operator 1 and Operator 2 were riding jet skis and making radical turns in unison at about 35-40 mph.  Operator 1 slowed a little and angled into Operator 2s path of of travel.  Operator 2 hit Operator 1 from behind with enough force that it ripped the seat of Operator 1s jet skis and threw it 15' - 20' in the air.  Operator 2s jet ski went over and to the right of operator 1s jet ski.  Operator 1 was thrown from his jet ski and was face down in the water for approximately 30 seconds.

From operator #2, " And so we were paralleling the shore, headingdown this way, and I was on the inside trying to stay on, about you know, the buoy line, not too, not come inside the buoys really, but paralleling them, and he was, I thought parallel to me, about another 200 feet towards the middle of the lake and were heading down towards this corner of the lake.  And I looked over for a second this house next to where we're at right now because earlier in the day he told me that another friend of ours from AA had just bought the house.  So looked over to see if there's anybody there, because the last time we'd been around there no one was at the house.  Or the last time I was around.  And I looked over for a second and I looked up and and there he was, kind of angling, cutting into me, and I don't recall how fast i was going.  I would say,you know, I think I said 20 to 30 max, but it was probably, I don't now, I'm guessing, probably 20 mile an hour.  Just looking at the speedometer earlier in the day.  And but it was really close.  And I mean I looked up and it was I knew right then I was gonna hit him, and I kind of jerked to the right and tried to pull, turn it into the shore, and it just like a split second, I mean it was, I heard a crash.  I didn't even see where I hit him, I thought the boats hit nose to nose, but I'm not, I'm not certain.  And then I looked, looked around and his ski was sitting there, and I didn't see him and looked and I saw him.
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