ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS FROM BOTH VESSEL INVOLVED ARE AS FOLLOWS: V2 WAS DRIFTING AFTER JUST PULLING ANCHOR WHEN V1 WAS OPERATING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED APPROACHING V2 FROM THE STARBOARD SIDE MIDSHIP. V1 OPERATOR ADVISED ME THAT WHILE HE WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL, HE WAS CONVERSING WITH HIS WIFE AND WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION UNTIL JUST BEFORE IMPACT AS THEY STRUCK V2 TURNING TO STARBOARD AFTER THE COLLSION. V2 OCCUPANTS JUMPED OUT OF THE VESSEL JUST BEFORE IMPACT.
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