ON 07-02-11 AT 1426 HOURS, PWC 2 WAS DRIFTING IN AREA OF 2300 BLOCK BALBOA DR, BULLHEAD CITY ON COLORADO RIVER.  VESSEL WAS FACING SOUTH.  PWC 1 WAS OPERATING NORTH ''HEAD ON'' WITH PWC 2 WHEN IT TURNED TO THE EAST AND IT''S PORT SIDE STERN CAME OUT OF WATER AND STRUCK PORT SIDE BOW OF PWC 2.  PWC 1 SLID UP BOW PWC 2 AND STRUCK STEERING HANDLE BAR.  PWC 2 PASSENGER (IN FRONT OF OPERATOR) WAS HOLDING HANDLE BAR AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS STRUCK BY PWC 1 PORT STERN.

6 YEAR OLD PASSENGER''S LEFT HAND PINKY TIP WAS AMPUTATED.  NO DAMAGE TO BONE WHICH WAS EXPOSED.  PASSENGER TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.  LATER TRANSFERRED TO LAS VEGAS HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY.

DAMAGE TO PWC 2 PORT BOW AND BROKEN PORT SIDE MIRROR ESTIMATED REPAIR COST $500.  NO DAMAGE TO PWC 1.

NO ALCOHOL USE BY ANY OF PERSONS INVOLVED.
Bullhead City, AZ             