BOAT#1 WAS FISHING DOWNSTREAM OF THE INCIDENT LOCATION. BOAT#1 OPERATOR NOTICED A THUNDER STORM WAS APPROACHING & STARTED TO MOVE UPSTREAM TOWARD LOCATION OF THEIR TRUCK & TRAILER. IT BEGAN TO RAIN, AND BOAT#1 OPERATOR VISION BECAME RESTRICTED TO WATER ON HIS EYE GLASSES, SO OPERATOR#1 REDUCED THE BOAT SPEED. THIS ACTION CAUSED BOAT#1 BOW TO RISE & REDUCE OPERATOR'S VIEW EVEN MORE. AS BOAT#1 NEARED THE LOCATION WHERE BOAT#2 WAS DRIFTING DOWNSTREAM, BOAT#1 OPERATOR HEARD BOAT#2 OPERATOR SHOUT TO BOAT#1. BEING UNABLE TO SEE CLEARLY, BOAT#1 OPERATOR TURNED HIS BOAT SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, STRIKING BOAT#2 IN THE STARBOARD STERN & BOAT#2 MOTOR. THE BOATS SEPARATED AFTER THE COLLISION WITH BOAT#1 ENDING UP NEAR THE NORTH BANK OF RIVER & BOAT#2 NEAR THE SOUTH BANK OF THE RIVER.
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