OFFICER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A PWC ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON 8/26/10 AROUND 7:00PM.  OFFICER INTERVIEWED Operator2 OVER THE PHONE JUST AFTER THE ACCIDENT.  OPERATOR2 STATED THAT OPERATOR1 AND He WERE TRAVELING EAST IN THE PAMLICO SOUND WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  OPERATOR2 WAS TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION ABOUT 50 FEET TO THE LEFT OF VESSEL 1.  OPERATOR2 STATED HE WAS LOOKING AROUND WHEN HE NOTICED VESSEL 1 MAKE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF HIM.  OPERATOR2 STATED HE MADE THE LEFT TURN WITH VESSEL 1 BUT THE THEN COLLIDED.  OPERATOR1 WAS FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL IN VIRGINIA WHERE HE RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR INTERNAL BLEEDING AND BROKEN RIBS.

NO CHARGES WERE FILED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OPERATOR WHO WAS AT FAULT WAS FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL IN VIRGINIA AND THE DISTANCE THE OPERATORS STATED THEY WERE APART (50 FEET OR MORE).

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