ON 7/10/09 AT APPROX. 1100AM V1 WAS CRUISING NORTH OF 3 MILE WASH ON APACHE LAKE. V2 WAS ALSO CRUISING NORTH OF 3 MILE WASH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAKE APPROX. 15-20 FT FROM THE RIGHT SHORELINE WHEN HE SAID V1 TRAVELING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AT A 45 DEGREE ANDGLE 50 YARDS IN FRONT OF V2. V2 SAID THAT V1 DID A 180 IN FRONT OF HIS SKI AND ENDED FACING BOW TO BOW. V2 WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 15MPH AND SLOWED EVEN FURTHER. AS BOTH JETSKIS WERE HEADING FOR EACH OTHER V1 TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF V2. V2 SAID HE COULD ONLY TURN LEFT TO AVOID THE OTHER SKI. THE MOUNTAINOUS SHORELINE WAS TO HIS RIGHT AND HIS SKI WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE SHORELINE TO TURN RIGHT. AS HE TURNED THE STARBOARD SIDE OF HIS BOW CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE REAR STARBOARD SIDE OF V1. V1 HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND STARTED TO TAKE ON WATER AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO 3 MILE WASH AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. I SPOKE TO V1 AND HE STATED HE WAS ON HIS WATERCRAFT WHEN HE DECIED TO DO A 180 SPIN. WHEN HE CAME OUT OF IT HE SAID HE WAS FACING ANOTHER JETSKI AND THEY WERE HEADING TOWARD EACH OTHER. V1 STATED HE TURNED TO HIS LEFT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER JET SKI AND THE OTHER JET SKI COLLIDED WITH THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS JET SKI. HE ALSO STATED NO ONE WAS INJURED.
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