PWC#1 OPERATOR WITH ONE PASSENGER & DECK BOAT#2 WITH OPERATOR & 4 PASSENGERS WERE HEADING IN SAME DIRECTION WHEN DECK BOAT# 2 MADE A SHARP U-TURN TO THE LEFT. DECK BOAT OPERATOR ASSUMED PWC WAS BEHIND HIM ON THE RIGHT AFTER THE TURN, BUT SUDDENLY NOTICED THE PWC WAS COMING AT BOAT#2 FROM THE PORT SIDE. BOAT#2 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN TO STARBOARD (RIGHT) TO AVOID CONTACT, BUT PWC STRUCK THE PORT STERN SIDE OF DECK BOAT#2. THE IMPACT THREW 2 PASSENGERS ON BOAT#2 INTO THE WATER & THE PWC OPERATOR & PASSENGER INTO THE WATER. PWC OPERATOR FELL INTO WATER AT BOAT#2 STERN & BECAME ENTANGLED IN BOAT#2 PROPELLER. PWC OPERATOR WAS PULLED ONTO DECK BOAT#2 BY HER STEP-FATHER/OPERATOR OF BOAT#2. PWC OPERATOR SUFFERED MASSIVE INJURIES & DIED ON WAY TO THE MEDICAL FACILITY.
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