As operator and passenger of vessel one were traveling upstream of lake at full throttle approximately 20mph they encountered vessel two. The initial encounter happened in a sharp left turn moving upstream just above the no ski bouys. 

Operator of vessel one stated that at first encountering vessel two, passenger of vessel one yelled for operator of vessel one to turn right.  Operator of vessel one began to turn right, but then decided to turn left because it appeared the other vessel was heading in the same direction. When encountering a vessel head on, both vessels became the giveway vessels and should always turn right. Once operator of vessel one turned left, passenger of vessel one tried to grab the steering wheel, but it was too late and the collision occurred. 

Vessel two operator was traveling downstream of lake and was throttling down one quarter throttle approximately 25-30 mph approaching the sharp curve. Vessel two operator stated the initial encounter was that operator one of vessel one was approximately 20 ft away in front of him and then vessel one turned left into his direction. Operator two then turned sharply to right to avoid vessel one, but it was too late and the collision occurred. 

Once the collision occurred, operator one and passenger one where ejected from their vessel.  Operator two remained in his vessel. Once operator one and passenger one where ejected, vessel one continued to run full throttle in a left turn counter clockwise motion. The lanyard kill switch was attached to the throttle of vessel one, but was not attached to operator one.  Both operator one and passenger one were not wearing pfd's but were above the surface of the water however they were both in the center of vessel one's counter clockwise motion.  Operator one was holding on to a high rise seat to stay afloat.  Operator one and operator two whre both screaming at passenger one, but there was no response. Vessel one made several counter clockwise circles and began to get closer to passenger one until eventually the bow hull of vessel one hit passenger one in the head.  Passenger one then sunk to bottom of the lake.  Vessel one soon after run around the bank, became lodged in tree stumps. Operator two drove to vessel one to turn the ignition key off, then drove to operator one to help get her onboard vessel two.
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