V1 AND V2 OPERATORS AGREED TO RACE AROUND LAKE MYSTIC. AFTER V2 OPERATOR AGREED TO RACE, HE began OPERATING HIS PWC IN A RECKLESS MANNER TOWARD THE V1 OPERATOR. THE V2 OPERATOR TURNED HIS PWC SHARPLY CAUSING WATER TO BE SPRAYED ON V1 OPERATOR. AS THE V2 OPERATOR SPRAYED THE V1 OPERATOR, HIS PWC WAS IN A SHARP TURN AND TURNED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES AND PARTIALLY FACING V1. 
AS V1 OPERATOR WAS SPRAYED IN THE FACE WITH WATER, SHE ACCELERATED V1 IN THE DIRECTION OF V2. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH V1 OPERATOR AT HER ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT V2 OPERATOR SPRAYING WATER IN HER FACE WAS A SIGNAL TO BEGIN RACING, BUT WAS UNAWARE THAT V2 HAD COME TO A STOP IN FRONT OF HER BECAUSE HER VISION WAS OBSTRUCTED BY THE WATER. THE FRONT STARBOARD SECTION OF V1 STRUCK THE STARBOARD FRONT SIDE OF V2 IN A NEAR HEAD ON COLLISION. DURING THE IMPACT, V1 RAMPED THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V2, CAUSING V2 OPERATOR TO BE EJECTED AND INJURED.
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