VESSEL # 1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH OF THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER CHANNEL ON LAKE MARTIN NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE SLOUGH WHERE BAY PINES MARINA IS LOCATED. VESSEL # 2 WAS ADRIFT WITHOUT NAVIGATION LIGHTS IN THE SAME VICINITY. VESSEL # 2 WAS NOT UNDER POWER AND ITS PROBABLE THAT THE OPERATOR WAS DOZING. VESSEL # 1 STRUCK VESSEL # 2 ON THE PORT SIDE AT THE STERN. VESSEL # 1 TOWED VESSEL # 2 INTO THE BAY PINES MARINA TO MEET OFFICERS. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL # 2 WAS TESTED AND ARRESTED FOR BUI. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS TESTED AND DETERMINED TO BE SOBER.  NO ONE WAS INJURED.
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