PWC#1 & PWC#2 WERE OPERATING IN NARROW CHANNEL ON BIRCH ISLAND LAKE. BOTH OPERATORS PULLED OVER TO ALLOW A SKI BOAT TO PASS BY. THEN BOTH PWC OPERATORS BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. DURING THE ACCELERATION PWC#1 EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE, SLOWED DOWN & DRIFTED TO ITS LEFT DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF PWC#2 WHO WAS FOLLOWING. PWC#2 OPERATOR CLAIMED HE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME & DISTANCE TO AVOID STRIKING PWC #1 FROM BEHIND. PWC #2 RODE UP & ATOP OF PWC#1 -  STRIKING & SEVERELY INJURING PWC#1 OPERATOR.
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