ON 8/28/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30PM VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING DOWNSTREAM ON LAKE HICKORY.  VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO THE PORT SIDE BEHIND VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 MADE A SWEEPING LEFT TURN ACROSS THE MAIN CHANNEL TO HEAD BACK UPSTREAM AND STRUCK VESSEL 2.  VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 WITH ITS STARBOARD SIDE ON THE STARBOARD BOW OF VESSEL 2 AND CONTINUED DOWN THE STARBOARD SIDE.  BOTH OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1 WERE THROWN FROM THE VESSEL.  THE VESSEL CONTINUED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND COLLIDED WITH A DOCK LOCATED AT 5108 36TH ST DR NE.  VESSEL 1 CRASHED THROUGH THE DOCK ACROSS THE REAR OF VESSEL 3 WHICH WAS IN THE COVERED DOCK.  VESSEL 1 CAME TO REST ON TOP OF VESSEL 4 WHICH WAS ALSO INSIDE THE COVERED DOCK.  THE OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1 WERE PICKED UP FROM THE WATER BY VESSEL 2 AND TAKEN TO THE DOCK.  THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS BEING INVOLVED.  BOTH VESSELS WERE PROPERLY EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY EQUIPMENT.  PFDS WERE NOT USED DURING THE ACCIDENT.
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