The following accident occurred on September 26, 2010, at approximately 1553 hours.

Three bass boats were traveling in the same direction, positioned side by side, approximately 200 feet apart from each other.  All vessels were traveling at about 30 miles per hour.  Vessel I was at the right side of the formation and appeared to hit a wave coming from the starboard side that caused the bow to rise sharply out of the water.  When the vessel landed back in the water, the operator's hands came off the steering wheel, causing Vessel I to veer to the port side.  Vessel II was immediately to the port side of Vessel I. The operator of Vessel II turned sharply to his port side to attempt to prevent a collision, but Vessel I struck the starboard side of Vessel II anyway.
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