V1 WAS OPERATING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. V1 WAS FOLLOWING V2 ABOUT 100 FEET BEHIND. BOTH V1 AND V2 WERE OPERATING AT APPROX 40 MPH. V2 PASSENGER FELL OFF OF V2 INTO THE WATER. V1 OPERATOR DID NOT SEE PASSENGER OF V2 FALL OFF FROM PWC INTO WATER. JUST BEFORE V1 IMPACTED WITH V2 PASSENGER, V1 OPERATOR NOTICED V2 PASSENGER IN FRONT OF HIM. V1 OPERATOR SAID HE TOOK OFF THROTTLE AND TURNED RIGHT AND WOULD NOT TURN. AS A RESULT OF OFF THROTTLE STEERING V1 STRUCK V2 PASSENGER IN THE HEAD RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND A LACERATION TO V2 PASSENGER FOREHEAD.
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