RedactedNarrative: ON AUGUST 29, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 PM, A BOAT INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE WYLIE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY INVOLVING TWO PWCS. THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT WAS SOUTH OF TERRYS MARINA AND NORTH OF LONG COVE, CHARLOTTE, NC.  BOTH PWCS ARE 2019 BLUE AND WHITE, 10' 3” YAMAHA EX DELUXE WAVERUNNERS. BOTH PWCS ARE POWERED BY A SINGLE GASOLINE JET DRIVEN ENGINE. THE PWCS ARE OWNED BY OWNER AND WERE RENTED THROUGH DREAM CAROLINA WATERSPORTS. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT PWC 1 WAS BEING OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR.  HIS PASSENGER WAS V1 OCCUPANT.  V1 OCCUPANT WAS SITTING DIRECTLY BEHIND V1 OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  PWC 2 WAS BEING OPERATED ALONE BY V2 OPERATORR, V1 OPERATOR'S SON.  PWC 1 WAS SITTING STILL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  PWC 2 STRUCK PWC 1 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE SENDING BOTH OCCUPANTS OF PWC 1 OVERBOARD.
  
   AROUND 2:00 PM AUGUST 29, 2021, PWC 1 AND PWC 2 WERE RENTED FROM DREAM CAROLINA WATERSPORTS FOR 4 HOURS. BOTH PWCS DEPARTED DREAM CAROLINA WATERSPORTS AND HEADED SOUTH PAST BUSTER BOYD BRIDGE. THE PWCS CRUISED AROUND LAKE WYLIE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE RETURNING NORTH TO GET GAS AT LAKE WYLIE MARINA.  AFTER DEPARTING LAKE WYLIE MARINA, THE PWCS TRAVELED NORTH TOWARDS TERRY'S MARINA. THE PWCS STOPPED IN THIS AREA FOR SOME TIME.  PWC 1 AND PWC 2 LEFT THE BANK AND HEADED OUT TO THE MAIN CHANNEL TO RIDE.  WHILE DEPARTING THE AREA, PWC 1 CAME TO A STOP AND BEGAN DRIFTING IN THE MAIN CHANNEL.  PWC 2 APPROACHED PWC 1 FROM THE REAR OF THE  STARBOARD SIDE.  VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH.  PWC 2 STRUCK PWC 1 AT APPROXIMATELY A 120 DEGREE ANGLE.  THE BOW OF PWC 2 STRUCK THE RIGHT THIGH OF V1 OCCUPANT CAUSING HER RIGHT FEMUR TO BREAK.  THE IMPACT ROLLED PWC 1 OVER ITS PORT SIDE SENDING V1 OPERATOR AND PASSENGER INTO THE WATER.  V1 OCCUPANT EMERGED FROM THE WATER SCREAMING IN PAIN.  V1 OPERATOR TURNED THE PWC UPRIGHT AND HAD V1 OCCUPANT HOLD ONTO THE BACK OF PWC 1.  PWC 1 THEN IDLED OVER TO BUSTER BOYD ACCESS AREA.  V1 OCCUPANT WAS PICKED UP BY AN AMBULANCE AT BUSTER BOYD ACCESS AREA.  V1 OCCUPANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO PIEDMONT MEDICAL CENTER, ROCK HILL, SC.  THE IMPACT OF VESSEL 2 HITTING VESSEL 1 CAUSED APPROXIAMTELY A THREE INCH TEAR ON THE STARBOARD SIDE REAR PORTION OF THE SEAT.  THE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 1 COST $80.00 TO REPAIR.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, AND THE VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.  THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS 87 DEGREES WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES.
  
  THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS FROM CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF PWC 2 OPERATED BY V2 OPERATORR.
   OPERATOR 1 WILL BE CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VESSEL INVOLVED IN AN OCCURRENCE RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY AND FAILURE TO FILE A REPORT WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE. 
  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 IS A JUVENILE AND WILL NOT BE CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION.
  
  
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