RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING N/B THROUGH THE BRIDGEWATER CHANNEL WHEN VESSEL 1 WHO WAS HEADING S/W CUT ACROSS HIS LANE OF TRAVEL AND HIT THE THROTTLE CAUSING THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL 1 TO COLLIDE WITH THE BOW OF VESSEL TWO. THIS WAS ON VIEWED BY OFFICERS WHO WERE TRAVELING IN A FULLY MARKED PATROL BOAT DIRECTLY BEHIND VESSEL 2.