According to the victim's report attached to the boating accident report the operator of vessel 2 was rowing on Lake Wylie in Mill Creek when he was struck by operator 1's vessel. He was treated for shoulder injury, chest injury and a concussion. In the statement the operator of vessel 1, states he was in the main channel and he saw a man in a kayak over to his right. He chose the path on the left pulling his camper. He said that he was paying attention but the kakayer must have been moving faster than he the operator 1 expected and his camper told the operator of unit 1 to watch out from behind the boat and out of reflex the operator turned right still not seeing the man in front of him. As the operator of unit 1 turned right he states that he clipped the end of the kayaker's paddle and the kayaker fell out of his boat. Operator 1 states that he turned around and knew he was OK because the operator of unit 2 was swimming. Operator of Unit 1 put the operator of unit 2 in his boat and made sure that he was ok. He states the operator of vessel 2's paddle was cracked so he towed him to his car and contacted his wife. The wife met them at the ramp. Then the operator vessel 2 stood and said that he was dizzy. The wife of operator 2 called the police so the ambulance could check him out because of the operator's age/condition. Per the wife's statement her husband had severe shoulder injuries on the right side and cannot write and he has no memories of events.
Only operator one was cited for this accident.