VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE FOLLOWING A BOAT TOWARDS BURNT CABIN COVE AND JUMPING ITS WAKE.  VESSEL 1 HAD JUMPED THE WAKE OF THE BOAT AND SLOWED TO ALMOST A STOP AND MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN.  VESSEL 2 UNAWARE THAT VESSEL 1 HAD SLOWED AND TURNED, JUMPED THE WAKE, WENT AIRBORN AND STRUCK THE PASSENGERS OF VESSEL 1.  ALL PASSENGERS OF VESSEL 1 WERE EJECTED AND WERE IN THE WATER APPROX 5 TO 10 MINUTES BEFORE BEING PICKED UP.  INJURED VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO BURNT CABIN MARINA TO BE TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO HOSPITAL.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX .39 MILES  OF SALT CREEK POINT AND APPROX .33 MILES W OF BURNT CABIN POINT AND APPROX .57 MILES NW OF THE SOUTH SHORE.
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