ON JULY 5, 2011, operator AND HIS SON WERE INVOLVED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT NEAR OCEAN ISLE BEACH.  operator WAS OPERATING A RENTED PERSONAL WATERCRFT WEST ON THE ICW.  HE BEGAN TO MAKE A LARGE CIRCLE TO THE SOUTH AND HEAD BACK WEST IN THE SAME DIRECTION.  AS HE WAS MAKING THE TURN, HE STRUCK A VESSEL IN THE SIDE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PERSONAL WATERCRAFT AND INJURING HIS FOREHEAD, HIS SON SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE LEG.  operator AND HIS SON WERE BOTH WEARING THEIR PFDS. operator WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM BRUNSWICK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.  OPERATOR INATTENTION AND INEXPERIENCE WERE BELIEVED TO BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

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VESSEL 2 OPERATOR INFORMATION:  AGE IS UNKNOWN, WHETHER OR NOT PFDS WERE USED IS ALSO UNKKNOWN, SPEED VESSEL WAS TRAVELING IS ALSO UNKNOWN.
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