OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE STATED THAT HE AND PASSENGERS WERE HEADED SOUTH BACK UP STREAM TOWARD BOAT RAMP WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED.  VESSEL ONE ENTERED AN AREA KNOWn AS THE NARROWS AND STeeRED WIDE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM. OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE ALSO STATED THAT AS HE STEeRED WIDE HE ENCOUNTERED VESSEL TWO AS HE DRIFTED IN THE SAME AREA VESSEL ONE OPERATOR STEARED HARD TO THE LEFT TO AVOID VESSEL TWO AND STRUCK IT IN THE PORT BEAM WITH HIS STARBOARD SIDE.  THE IMPACT ALSO CRACKED THE ENGINE COVER VESSEL TWO. ONE PASSENGER ON VESSEL TWO WAS EJECTED FROM VESSEL AND ANOTHER PASSENGER ONBOARD VESSEL TWO FELL INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL BREAKING HER NOSE, THE THIRD PERSON ON BOARD VESSEL TWO COMPLAINED OF ONLY A STOMACH ACHE AND ALL THREE INJURED PERSONS FROM VESSEL TWO WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND LATER RELEASED.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO ACCOUNTS OF THE ACCIDENT WHERE SIMILAR WITH WITH VESSEL ONE OPERATOR.  HE STATES THAT VESSEL ONE STRUCK HIS VESSEL, VESSEL TWO,  WITH THE BOW AND TRAVELEED ACROSS VESSEL TWO TO THE OTHER SIDE. PFD'S WHERE NOT BEING WORN OR USED BY EITHER VESSEL ONE OR TWO PASSENGERS. ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.
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