OFFICER RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A BOAT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY JULY 23RD, AROUND 5:40PM NEAR NAGS HEAD.  OFFICER INTERVIEWED THREE PEOPLE.  BOTH PWCS WERE RENTED FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.  EACH PWC RENTAL LOCATION HAS A DESIGNATED RIDING AREA.  OPERATOR1 STATED THAT HE HAD TRAVELED OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGNATED RIDING AREA WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE.  HE MADE A LEFT TURN AND STARTED BACK TO HIS RIDING AREA WHEN HE STRUCK VESSEL #2.  OPERATOR1 ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS NOT LOOKING IN THE DIRECTION WHICH HE WAS TRAVELING WHEN HE STRUCK VESSEL #2.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HE WATCHED VESSEL #1 GO ACROSS HIS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE COLLISION.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING INSIDE HIS RIDING AREA WHEN HE SUDDENLY NOTICED VESSEL #1 COMING TOWARD HIS LEFT SIDE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT WHEN HE LOOKED UP IT WAS TOO LATE.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PWC AT GREATER THAN NO WAKE SPEED WITHIN 100' OF ANOTHER VESSEL.  VESSEL #1 WAS THE GIVE-WAY BOAT IN THIS SITUATION AND DID NOT MAKE THE NECESSARY MOVEMENTS TO AVOID THIS COLLISION.

THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #2 HAD A BRUISED LEFT ARM AND DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT DAY.
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