RedactedNarrative: On july 4, 2014 at approximately 17:00 hrs, a boating incident occurred on badin lake.82 miles south of lakemont, whip o will, boat access area in new london, nc. Vessel 1 was a 24 foot avalon pontoon boat with a 150 horsepower outboard motor and was owned and operated by the same person. Operator1 was operating the vessel and had 13 passengers on board at the time of the incident. Vessel 2 was a 12 foot sea doo jet drive personal watercraft. Operator2 was the operator of vessel 2 and had one other passenger on board. Vessel 1 was struck on the port side by vessel 2. 
  
  Vessel 1 was cruising north bound down the channel of badin lake near shoreline drive towards lakemont access area. Operator1, the operator of vessel 1, observed vessel 2 traveling east bound approximately 10 mph towards the port side of vessel 1 before it was struck. Operator1 said "he did not know whether he should accelerate or decelerate to avoid the collision". There was not an adequate amount of time to make an appropriate action. Vessel 2 was cruising east bound in the channel of badin lake when operator2 made a sharp change in direction that in result caused the passenger to fall overboard from vessel 2. Operator2 turned his attention to the overboard passenger. While observing the overboard passenger, operator2 continued moving in an east bound direction approximately 15 mph. When operator2 looked back to the direction he was traveling, he realized that he was approximately 25 yards from the port side of vessel 1. Operator2's inattention and inexperience while operating vessel 2 resulted in the collision of vessel 2 into vessel 1. 
  
  The air temperature was 95 degrees and the water temperature was approximately 89 degrees. There was a light wind and slightly choppy waters due to the increased boating activity on the lake for the fourth of july weekend. There were no visibility restrictions and the skies were clear and sunny. All parties on board vessel 2 were wearing proper pfds. Vessel 1 also had the necessary amount of pfds on board. Ncwrc as well as montgomery county sheriff's office responded to the incident. No parties involved in the incident were injured. The initial analysis of vessel 1 after the incident, revealed damage to the port side door and to the port side pontoon, apparently from being struck by vessel 2. The damage to the port side door collapsed the aluminum sheet metal inward. The damage to the pontoon was a dent where vessel 2 had turned and collided after initial impact rubbing the side of the pontoon. Vessel 2 had minimal scratches to the fiberglass hull underneath the tow hook under the bow of the pwc. There did not appear to be any further damage to either of the two vessels. 
  
  Vessel 2 was operated with inattention and inexperience. Vessel 2 was cruising near shoreline drive with a passenger on the rear of the pwc. Vessel 2 made a sharp turn causing the passenger to fall overboard. The operator of vessel 2 diverted his attention to the passenger, but continued moving forward towards vessel 1. The operator of vessel 2, operator2, then directed his attention back to the direction he was traveling when he realized he was headed towards vessel 1. Vessel 2 was traveling approximately 15 mph when it made impact with vessel 1 at the port side door of the pontoon boat and then brushed the port side pontoon after initial impact. The operator of vessel 2 was charge3d with operating a motorboat or vessel on the waters of this state in a reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger life, limb or property of any person.