THE LOCATION FOR THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE SIX FORKS ACCESS AREA AT FALLS OF THE NEUSE RES. (FALLS LAKE).  BOTH PARTIES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HEADING HOME.  VESSEL 2 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE TRUCK AND BACKING DOWN THE RAMP.  VESSEL 1 WAS GETTING THE TRUCK AND BACKING DOWN THE RAMP.  VESSEL 2 PARKED AT THE DOCK WAITING TO BE LOADED ON THE TRAILER.  VESSEL 1 WAS PARKED AT THE DOCK AND THEN OPERATOR1 WAS GOING TO LOAD THE BOAT FOR OPERATOR2.  AS VESSEL 1 WAS CRANKED, IT WAS IN GEAR AND MADE A WIDE LOOP OUT INTO THE LOADING ZONE.  OPERATOR1 WHO WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1 WAS UNABLE TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE DUE TO LACK OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VESSEL.  AS VESSEL 1 APPROACHED THE DOCK IT HAD JUST LEFT, IT STRUCK VESSEL 2 WHICH WAS PARKED AT THE DOCK.  VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 ON THE PORT SIDE TOWARD THE BOW.  VESSEL 1 RAN UP ONTO VESSEL 2 AT A STEEP ANGLE TOWARD THE STERN OF VESSEL 2.  AS VESSEL 1 CLEARED VESSEL 2 IT WAS ON A STEEP ANGLE AND CAPSIZED EJECTING OPERATOR1.  VESSEL 1'S MOTOR AT SOME POINT SHUT OFF AFTER STRIKING VESSEL 2.  ALL SUBJECTS ASSISTED AND VESSEL 1 WAS DRUG ONTO SHORE AND WATER DRAINED.  THE TILLER HANDLE ON VESSEL 1 WAS BROKEN IN THE COLLISION.
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