VESSEL A WAS BEING OPERATED BY operator1. operator1 WAS APPROACHING VESSEL B BOW TO BOW. VESSEL A APPROACHED VESSEL B TOO FAST AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE VESSEL INTO REVERSE operator1 PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD CAUSING HIS VESSEL TO STRIKE VESSEL B ON THE BOW OF THE STARBOARD SIDE. VESSEL B WAS TRYING TO DROP ANCHOR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE VICTIM ON VESSEL B WAS THROWN INTO THE AIR AND LANDED ON THE ANCHOR DOOR LID WHICH CUT HER LEG SEVERELY. THIS ALSO THREW HER INTO THE WATER.
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