VESSELS #1 AND #2 WERE WEST BOUND OUT OF SHARK RIVER INLET.  THE PASSENGERS ON VESSEL #1 REALIZED THAT VESSEL #2 , WHICH WAS FOLLOWING 
VESSEL #1,  WAS GOING TO STRIKE VESSEL #1.  VESSEL #2 THEN COLLIDED WITH VESSEL #1 AT THE PORT STERN QUARTER. THREE PERSONS WERE THROWN TO THE DECK IN VESSEL #1, CAUSING THE INJURIES.
THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HIS AUTO PILOT STUCK.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 WAS CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF NAVIGATION RULE
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