OWNER/OPERATOR 1 JUST UNLOADED FROM THE WEST SHORE BOAT RAMP ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PLATTE WINNER BRIDGE.  O/O 1  WENT UNDER THE BRIDGE FROM THE SOUTH GOING NORTH TOWARD SNAKE CREEK BOAT RAMP TO MEET SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.  O/O 1 ADVISED THAT O/O 1 WIFE, WAS OBSERVING A JET SKIER TO THE LEFT, AND O/O 1 WAS WATCHING A FASTER BOAT THAT WAS MOVING UPSTREAM AT A FAST PACE.  THIS BOAT WAS ON O/O 1'S RIGHT HEADING TOWARD SNAKE CREEK BOAT RAMP.  AS O/O 1 WAS OBSERVING THIS BOAT, AND TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE BOATS WAKE, O/O 1 NOTICED OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS RIGHT EYE A BOAT APPROACHING O/O 1.  O/O 1 TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL HARD LEFT TO TRY TO AVOID HITTING THIS BOAT, ALSO IN HOPE OF THE OTHER BOAT TURNING TO THE RIGHT.  O/O 1 ADVISED THAT WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 27 MPH AS O/O 1'S GRANDSON ASKED O/O 1 HOW FAST COULD THE BOAT GO.  O/O 1 THEN STATED THAT HE POWERED DOWN THE BOAT, MADE SURE THAT ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE OKAY, AND THEN WENT BACK THE THE O/O 2 BOAT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS OKAY AND VISIT ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED. 
WHEN THE O/O 1 AND O/O 2 COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER, THE O/O 1 BOAT RECIEVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT REAR CORNER, AND THE O/O 2 BOAT RECEIVED MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE BOAT WITH INTERNAL DAMGE CAUSING DAMAGE THEN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE O/O 2 BOAT



A GREEN AND BROWN LUND PRO-FISHERMAN 1700 BOAT OPERATED BY O/O 2 WAS FISHING UNDER THE BRIDGE AROUND PILLAR #14.  O/O 2 AND PASSENGER DECIDED TO MOVE LOCATIONS, AND STARTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE, AND HEAD NORTH TOWARD SNAKE CREEK RECREATION AREA.  AS O/O 2 STARTED TO ACCELERATE OUT, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS UPSTREAM FROM THE BRIDGE, O/O 2'S PASSENGER YELLED WATCH OUT, AND AT THE SAME MOMENT ANOTHER BOAT WHO WAS RUNNING FAIRLY FAST, O/O 2 BELIEVED THAT THE BOAT WAS  UP ON PLANE, (OPERATED BY O/O 1 WITH 3 PASSENGERS ABOARD) TRIED TO DODGE O/O 2 BY TURNING AWAY FROM O/O 2.  IN THE PROCESS THE BACK OF THE O/O 1  BOAT ON THE STARBOARD SIDE, (RIGHT SIDE), HIT O/O 2'S BOAT ON THE FRONT PORT SIDE, (LEFT SIDE), CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE O/O 2 BOAT.  O/O 2 STATED WAS THROWN TO THE LEFT INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT.  O/O 2 ALSO BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF O/O 1'S BOAT, BUT UNKNOWN ON AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. O/O 2 STATED DID NOT SEE THE OTHER BOAT UNTIL PASSENGER 1, O/O 2'S PASSENGER YELLED TO WATCH OUT.  AFTER BOTH BOATS COLLIDED, O/O 1 POWERED DOWN, AND CAME BACK TO O/O 2'S LOCATION AND MADE SURE EVERYONE WAS OKAY.  AT THIS TIME O/O 2 LOOKED AT O/O 1'S BOAT AND NOTICED A DENT IN THE STARBOARD SIDE OF O/O 1'S BOAT. AFTER THIS O/O 2 HEADED FOR THE BOAT RAMP TO LOAD THE BOAT BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE.
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