RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 2 WAS NORTH BOUND AT A SLOW SPEED.  VESSEL 1 WAS NORTHBOUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 ON THE REAR PORT SIDE EJECTING THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1’S OPERATOR WAS STRUCK BY THE PROP.  DAMAGE TO VESSEL1 WAS MINIMAL TO THE STARBOARD RUB RAIL.  DAMAGE TO VESSEL 2 WAS TO THE TOP OF THE MOTOR COWLING AND THE REAR PORT SIDE.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED THAT HE HEARD ANOTHER VESSEL APPROACHING FROM BEHIND HIM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  VESSEL 2’S OPERATOR HAD RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A HEART CONDITION.  VESSEL 1’S OPERATOR STATED THAT RIGHT BEFORE THE IMPACT IT APPEARED THAT VESSEL 2’S OPERATOR WAS SLUMPED OVER IN THE OPERATORS SEAT. UPON IMPACT VESSEL 2’S OPERATOR WAS EJECTED OVERBOARD, STRUCK BY HIS VESSELS PROP AND NEVER RESURFACED.  HE WAS WEARING A KILL SWITCH AT THE TIME AND AN INFLATABLE PFD.  BOTH OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE FOUND LODGED IN THE PROP.  VESSEL 1’S OPERATOR WAS THROWN FORWARD ON HIS VESSEL AND RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO HIS ARM AND SHATTERED WINDSHIELD FRAGMENTS IN HIS EYE.  VESSEL 1’S OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LOCATION OF THE SCENE ON THE WATER, CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR VESSEL 2’S OPERATOR AND CALL 911.
  