BOTH VESSELS WERE EASTBOUND.  VESSEL #2 WAS ATTEMPTING TO OVERTAKE VESSEL #1 ON THE PORT SIDE.  VESSEL #1 WAS JUMPING WAKE FROM ANOTHER VESSEL AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN.  VESSEL #2 MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO THE LEFT TO TRY TO AVOID IMPACT.  VESSEL #1'S LEFT BOW STRUCK VESSEL #2 STARBOARD AFT SECTION.  AREA OF IMPACT WAS APPROX 1 MILE EAST OF AKDAR BOAT RAMP AND .1 MILE NORTH OF HOUSE BOAT ISLAND.  SECONDARY IMPACT VESSEL #1 PORT SIDE STRUCK VESSEL #2 STARBOARD AFT.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS EJECTED AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE.
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