VESSEL 1 LEFT A COOKOUT ON CAPE FEAR RIVER TRAVELING NORTH UPSTREAM AT APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 40 MPH, STRUCK VESSEL 2 THAT WAS ANCHORED CRUSHING THE LEFT BACK CORNER OF THE ALUMINUM HULL (STERN) AND WENT OVER THE TOP OF VESSEL 2, BREAKING THE LEFT BACK SEAT CAUSING ALL FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD TO GO AIRBORNE AND LANDING IN THE BOAT.  VESSEL 1 CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS AWAY FROM VESSEL 2 AFTER IMPACT.  VESSEL 1 CRANKED UP HIS VESSEL AND CONTINUED TRAVELING NORTH UPSTREAM APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE.  VESSEL 1 STARTED FILLING UP WITH WATER AND SINK NEAR  BOAT DOCK.  VESSEL 1 RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM VESSEL 2 ON THE RIGHT FRONT (STARBOARD) SIDE OF THE FIBERGLASS HULL, A 5 FT GOUGE AT THE WATER LINE.  VESSEL 1 WAS PULLED OUT OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER WITH A TRACTOR BY BOAT DOCK OWNER.

VESSEL 2 WAS RESCUED BY A BOATER ON THE RIVER WHO HEARD THE COLLISION AND TOWED VESSEL 2 TO BOAT DOCK.  THREE PEOPLE ON VESSEL 2 WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT, BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING.

VESSEL 1 WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A VESSEL, OPERATOR OF VESSEL INVOLVED IN COLLISION OR ACCIDENT FAILING TO RENDER AID TO PERSONS AFFECTED.  **SEVERAL WITNESSES ADVISED INVESTIGATOR THAT VESSEL 1 OPERATOR WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND DRINKING A BEER THAT HE GOT OUT OF HIS VESSEL AFTER THE VESSEL WAS PULLED OUT OF THE CAPE FEAR RIVER.

VESSEL 2 WAS CHARGED WITH EXPIRED BOAT CERTIFICATE, NO VALID FISHING LICENSE, INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PFDS, AND A WARNING FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER NOT BEING CHARGED.
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