RedactedNarrative: On october 9, 2022, at approximately 4:35 pm, a boating incident occurred on lake wylie. Vessel 1 is a 20-foot, 1994 xr2001 allison racing boat.  The vessel was recently purchased and had not yet been registered in south carolina by operator1. Vessel 2 is a 20-foot- 2-inch, 1992 xb2002 allison bass boat. Vessel 2 is owned by operator2. 
  
  Operator1 launched his boat. Operator1 and subject1 operated their boats to operator2' residence along with 4 other vessels.  Everyone arrived at operator2' house around 2:00 pm. After talking and catching up, the group of seven vessels left around 3:00 pm and headed south towards sunset island and the tega cay area. They arrived at sunset island at approximately 3:20 pm and stayed there for around 30 minutes. At approximately 3:50 pm the group went to big allison creek access. At approximately 4:00 pm, the group left big allison creek and headed north upriver. One vessel of the group was operating further back, and one vessel went back to buster boyd bridge where they launched their boat. 
  
  Operator1 had recently bought vessel 1 and rebuilt the engine.  October 9th was the first day that he had taken vessel 1 on the water. Throughout the day, operator1 had been away from the group testing out the vessel. While the group was heading north, they were operating in a staggered formation for safety precautions.  Vessel 2 was operating on the right side of the lake and had one other vessel to his back right.  
  
  As vessel 2 came up to island point, he could see vessel 1, approximately 100 yards away.  Operator2 could see that operator1 was heading south in his direction at about a 15-degree angle. Operator1's starboard side was displayed to operator2, making operator2 the stand-on vessel. Operator2 did not initially think that their vessels would collide.  At the last second, operator2 realized that they were on a collision course and cut hard to the left to try and avoid the collision.  Operator2 knew that he could not turn right, due to another vessel to his back right. 
  
  Subject1 was to the left of vessel 1 and vessel 2.  Subject1 saw vessel 1 north of the group sitting still and facing east.  After a moment of time, vessel 1 got up on plane and started heading south, in the direction of the other boats.  Right before the impact, subject1 saw that vessel 1 violently hooked to the right and rotated upwards, exposing the bottom part of his boat towards vessel 2.  
  
  Subject2 was to the back right of vessel 2 before the incident occurred.  Subject2 did not see vessel 1 until vessel 2 cut left.  Subject2 witnessed vessel 1 turn slightly right and then hook to the right, causing the two boats to collide.  Vessel 2 turned left to avoid the collision and struck the port side of vessel 1 as it hooked to the right. 
  
  
  Damages to vessel 1 and vessel 2 are included in the supplemental report.
  
  Operator1 was ejected from vessel 1 at the time of impact.  A bystander on a pwc got operator1 out of the water and took him to shore, immediately starting cpr.  911 was notified of the incident and medic later pronounced operator1 deceased on the scene. 
  
  Operator2 was ejected from vessel 1 at the time of impact.  He then took is vessel back to his residence due to his boat taking on water.  Medic responded to his residence and took him to the hospital to be checked out.  Operator2 sustained bruising and contusions to his ribs, right shoulder, right and left arms, right and left legs, and on his left foot and ankle.  Operator2 also had lacerations on his right arm.
  
  Due to operator1's inexperience on this particular vessel and no proper lookout, the two vessels collided.  Operator2 was the stand-on vessel and attempted to avoid the collision by turning sharply to the left moments before impact.  Due to unknown reasons, operator1 turned sharply to the right.  Both vessels turned in the same direction which resulted in an impact.  Both operators were wearing pfds at the time of this incident.  No one was charged as a result of this incident.
  
  
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