VESSEL 1 WAS A 26' MACH 26 OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 5 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  VESSEL 2 WAS A 27' ELIMINATOR OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 4 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON THE LAKE APROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH.  VESSEL 2 WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND VESSEL 1 AND WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 50-70 YARDS OFF THE STARBOARD TRANSOM OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 OBSERVED A PERSONAL WATERCRAFT AND A BOAT FLOATING APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS OFF THE STARBOARD BOW.  ALL PERSONS ON THE PWC AND THE FLOATING BOAT WERE WAVING THEIR HANDS AND APPEARED TO BE IN DISTRESS.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 LOOKED TO THE REAR AND SAW VESSEL 2 FOLLOWING APPROXIMATELY 50-70 YARDS OFF OF THE STARBOARD TRANSOM OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN DUE TO PERSONS IN THE WATER SIGNALING DISTRESS.  WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 10-15 SECONDS, VESSEL 1 HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH WHEN ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN VESSEL 1 YELLED.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 TURNED AROUND AND SAW THE PORT SPONSON OF VESSEL 2 STRIKE THE STARBOARD SIDE/TRANSOM OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 2 PROCEEDED PAST VESSEL 1 AFTER THE COLLISION AND CAME TO IDLE SPEED APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS PAST VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 2 BEGAN TAKING ON WATER.  OPERATORS 1 AND 2 COULD NOT LOCATE AN ADEQUATE BEACH TO BRING THE VESSELS ASHORE SO BOTH VESSELS TURNED TOWARDS A SANDY BEACH ON THE AZ SHORELINE.  VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE BROUGHT ASHORE ON THE AZ SHORELINE AND TEMPORARY REPAIRS WERE MADE TO VESSEL 2 TO GET THE VESSEL BACK TO THE COVE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED DURING TIME OF ACCIDENT AND NO ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED. VESSEL 2 WAS AT FAULT FAILURE TO KEEP PROPER LOOKOUT AND FAILURE TO AVOID A COLLISION.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 1 $2000.00 STARBOARD TRANSOM SIDE.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 2 $10,000.00 PORT SIDE.
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