V1, A PWC WITH TWO OCCUPANTS, WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 20-40 MPH AND STRUCK V2, A PONTOON BOAT WHICH WAS DRIFTING OUTSIDE A "NO WAKE ZONE" AT DEVIL'S STEP BOAT RAMP. INFORMATION WAS LIMITED BECAUSEOF A LACK OF WITNESSES. PEOPLE ON BOTH VESSELS WERE IN SAME PARTY AND OPERATOR OF PWC WAS POSSIBLY RETURNING HIS PASSENGER TO PONTOON BOAT. HE APPROACHED AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED THEN LET OFF THE THROTTLE, REALIZING HE WOULD COLLIDE WITH BOAT. HE CUT THE STEERING HARD TO PORT AND HIT THE THROTTLE WHERE HIS VESSEL STRUCK BOARDING LADDER AND OUTBOARD MOTOR OF V2. V1 HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO STARBOARD SIDE (SCRATCHES, GOUGE TO RUB RAIL). V2 HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO OUTBOARD MOTOR, WARPED TRANSOM MOUNT AND BENT BOARDING LADDER. NO OPERATORS OR OCCUPANTS HAD ANY INJURIES.
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