OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 STATED HE WAS EASTBOUND FROM THE SKI POINT AREA HEADED TOWARD THE SPILLWAY.  VESSEL 1 OPERATOR STATED HE NOTICED A BOAT PULLING A TUBE HEADING SOUTH.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 SAID IF HE TURNED RIGHT HE WOULD HIT VESSEL 2 AND IF HE TURNED LEFT HE WOULD HIT THE TUBE BEING TOWED BY VESSEL 2.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 STATED HE DECIDED TO ACCELERATE AND TRY TO PASS BETWEEN VESSEL 2 AND THE TUBE.  VESSEL 1 STRUCK THE TUBE CAUSING VICTIM 1 TO STRIKE THE PORT SIDE NEAR THE STERN OF VESSEL 1 .  TWO OTHER PASSENGERS ON THE TUBE WERE ABLE TO JUMP OFF THE TUBE TO AVOID BEING HIT BY VESSEL 1.  

OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED HE WAS PULLING A TUBE WITH 3 PERSONS ON IT IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED THAT HE SAW VESSEL 1 HEADING STRAIGHT AT HIM FROM THE RIGHT SO HE STEERED LEFT TO TRY TO AVOID CONTACT.  AREA OF IMPACT OCCURRED APPROX 815 FEET EAST OF THE SKI POINT PAVILION AND APPROX 965 FEET WEST OF THE SPILLWAY.
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