ON JULY 16, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30PM, OPERATOR1 STATED HE WAS TRAVELING (APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH) NORTH ON THE ICW (ADGACENT TO PAGES CREEK) WHEN VESSEL 2, WHICH WAS TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION MADE AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN DIRECTLY IN HIS PATH.  OPERATOR1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 IN THE REAR LEFT SIDE KNOCKING BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER ON THE PWC INTO THE WATER.  AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURED, OPERATOR1 HELPED operator2 AND HIS PASSENGER OUT OF THE WATER AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH ACCESS AREA.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED HE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 28 MPH NORTH ON THE ICW.  PRIOR TO MAKING A U-TURN, HE LOOKED OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO BOATS APPROACHING HIM FROM BEHIND.  AS HE BEGAN TO MAKE A TURN TO HIS LEFT, VESSEL 1 STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE KNOCKING HIM AND HIS PASSENGER OFF THE PWC AND INTO THE WATER.  Operator2 STATED HE DID NOT SEE VESSEL 1 UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  Operator2 SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT COLLARBONE AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $1400.00 DAMAGE
VESSEL 2 SUSTAINED APPROXIMATELY $3500.00 DAMAGE
Operator2 WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS/RECKLESS BOAT OPERATION.

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