VESSEL One HAD BEEN TIED TO THE DOCK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF A BOAT SLIP WHICH WAS DIRECTLY BESIDE VESSEL ONE.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL two PUT VESSEL INTO REVERSE TO GET OUT AWAY FROM THE DOCK AND THEN SHIFTED INTO FORWARD AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL. OPERATOR ADVISED  EITHER THE THROTTLE GOT STUCK ON THE VESSEL CAUSING IT TO ACCELERATE FORWARD, OR OPERATOR  MAY HAVE PANICKED AND PUSHED THE THROTTLE TOO FAR FORWARD, BUT OPERATOR WASNT SURE. VESSEL ONE NEXT PROCEEDED FORWARD STRIKING THE WOODEN DOCK AND BOUNCING THE VESSEL ONTO THE DOCK AND INTO THE SIDE OF VESSEL 1. AFTER STRIKING THE SIDE OF VESSEL 1, VESSEL 2 THEN LANDED BACK INTO THE WATER. ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT AND THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD VESSEL ONE WAS NOT WEARING A PFD.
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