ON JULY 4TH 2012 AT 4:45PM A BOATING ACCIDENT OCCURED IN VACA CUT. THE CURRENT WAS RUNNING FROM BAYSIDE TO OCEANSIDE. THE CURRENT WAS VERY STRONG DUE TO THE FULL MOON PHASE. VESSEL 1 (FL6932NH), A 24 FOOT ROBALO WITH 4 PEOPLE ONBOARD, WAS TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND THROUGH VACA CUT. VESSEL 2 (MT3327BA), A 11 FOOT CAROLINA SKIFF WITH 4 PEOPLE ONBOARD, WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND THROUGH VACA CUT. AS VESSEL 1 PASSED UNDER THE BRIDGE TO THE BAYSIDE THEY ALTERED THEIR COURSE TO THE RIGHT TO PASS VESSEL 2 ON THEIR LEFT SIDE. AS THEY DID THIS THEIR VESSEL CAME VERY CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE STANTION SO THEY GAVE THE ENGINES SOME EXTRA POWER TO AVOID HITTING THE STANTION. THIS CAUSED A BIGGER WAKE THAN USUAL. THIS WAKE CAUSED VESSEL 2 TO TURN TO THE RIGHT AND END UP BROADSIDE TO THE CURRENT, THEY HIT THE BRIDGE STANTION ON THEIR PORT SIDE. VESSEL 2 THEN CAPSIZED AND ALL 4 PASSENGERS FELL INTO THHE WATER. WHEN VESSEL 1 SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED THEY MOVED THEIR VESSEL TOWARDS THE PEOPLE IN THE WATER. ONE OF THE MALE PASSENGERS IN THE WATER STARTED YELLING/CURSING AT THEM, THERE WERE OTHER BOATS IN THE AREA THAT HELPED THE 4 PASSENGERS OUT OF THE WATER. VESSEL 1 WENT TO CAPTAIN HOOKS DOCK TO WAIT FOR AUTHORITIES.
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