RedactedNarrative: On 05-10-2019 at approximately 21:00 I was notified of a 2 vessel boating accident, involving two PWCs, around the Melinda Ferry access area on Cherokee Lake. I arrived at the Hawkins County emergency room at approximately 21:25. The two PWCs and everybody involved but Operator2 were at the Emergency room. 
  
  Based on my investigation, four people had launched the two PWCs around 17:45. They headed down the lake towards Cherokee Dam to the rope swing. Two people were operating the PWCs. They stayed out for about two hours then arrived back at the Melinda Ferry access area to load up the PWCs. They then told Operator2 and Operator1 they could ride around on the PWCs in the cove while they were getting the truck and trailer. 
  
  Operator1 took off upstream on the orange PWC (vessel 1) and Operator2 took off upstream on the blue PWC (vessel two). Operator1 was traveling approximately 25mph and Operator2 was traveling approximately 20mph when the collision occurred.
  
  Operator1 had begun to turn left and head back downstream. Operator1 said that Operator2 was attempting to spray him when the collision occurred. Operator2 stated that he had turned into Operator1''s wave and ended up in the water. 
  
  Operator2 stated that he did not remember hitting Operator1 and he wasn''t sure what happened. Vessel two struck vessel one on the port side towards the stern. Vessel two struck vessel one with the starboard side bow. Operator2 and Operator1 were ejected from the PWCs from the impact of the collision. 
  
  Operator1 said when he came up out of the water he was approximately 50 feet from the PWC he was riding.  After the collision, Operator1 and Operator2 climbed onto Operator2 PWC. A nearby vessel pulled Operator1''s PWC towards them. Operator1 then climbed on the PWC he was operating and they drove both PWCs to the ramp. Operator1 and Operator2 then loaded the PWCs onto the trailer. Everybody''s parents came to the access area and Operator1''s mother transported him to the Hawkins County Emergency room. 
  