ON 8/18/12 I RESPONDED TO A VESSEL CRASH AT THE WAHWEAP MAIN RAMP WAKELESS AREA. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE 2 VESSELS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. THE OPERATOR OF V1 STATED THAT HE WAS CRUISING ALONG AT APPROX 25MPH LOOKING AT ANOTHER BOAT TO HIS SIDE. HE THEN STATED THAT WHEN HE LOOKED FORWARD THERE WAS A BOAT AT WAKELESS SPEED IN FRONT OF HIM. HE STATED THAT HE TRIED TO VEER AND AVOID MAKING CONTACT WITH THE BOAT HOWEVER HE STRUCK THE PORT SIDE REAR OF V2 WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE BACK OF V2 AND HIS BOW ATTACHED TO SOMETHING AND CAUSED THE STARBOARD REAR FIBERGLASS TO RIP APART. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH V2 AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS ENTERING THE WAKELESS AREA OF THE BUOY FIELD NEAR THE MAIN RAMP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY V1. ALL PARTIES DENIED INJURIES. I CITED V1 FOR CARELESS OPERATIONS OF A VESSEL DUE TO THE FACT THAT V1 STATED THAT HE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF HIM WHEN HE STRUCK V2.
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