BOTH VESSELS WERE HEADED IN A EASTERLY DIRECTION.  VESSEL 1 WAS COMING UP ON PLANE AND DID NOT SEE VESSEL 2. VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 AT THE STERN AND PARTIALLY OVERRODE VESSEL 2 STRIKING THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS OF VESSEL 2.  THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 75 FEET NORTH OF PATRICIA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE AND APPROX 1/2 MILE SW OFF WEED ISLAND.
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