RedactedNarrative: ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 HOURS, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE JAMES IN BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.  VESSEL 1 WAS A RED AND WHITE COLORED, 19 FOOT, 1989 SUPRA SPORT COMP TS6M BOAT, OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR.  VESSEL 2 WAS A BLACK AND WHITE COLORED, 10 FOOT, 2004 HONDA AQUATRAX F-12 PERSONAL WATERCRAFT, OPERATED BY V2 OPERATOR. 
  
  VESSEL 1 AND VESSEL 2 WERE TRAVELING IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION.  VESSEL 1 WAS THE STAND ON VESSEL, AND VESSEL 2 WAS THE GIVE WAY VESSEL.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 MADE A LEFT TURN TO THE NORTH.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 STATED THAT HE CHECKED BEHIND HIM BEFORE TURNING AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND WAS POSITIONED ABOUT 30-40 YARDS FROM VESSEL 1. THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED THAT HE LOOKED LEFT TO CHECK HIS SURROUNDINGS AND WHEN HE LOOKED FORWARD AGAIN, HE WAS CRUISING TOWARDS VESSEL 1 PERPENDICULARLY AND COULD NOT MANUEVER OUT OF HIS LINE.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 STATED THAT HE HAD LET OFF OF THE THROTTLE AND LOST STEERING CONTROL.  THE STARBOARD SIDE BOW OF VESSEL 2 MADE CONTACT WITH THE PORTSIDE GUNWHALE OF VESSEL 1.  WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED, THE BOW OF VESSEL 2 STRUCK AN OCCUPANT OF VESSEL 1, RESULTING IN A MINOR INJURY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER FACE.  AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION, THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 WAS EJECTED FROM HIS VESSEL AND INTO THE WATER.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 2 SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS BACK AND RIGHT ARM.  VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE PORTSIDE GUNWHALE.  VESSEL 2 SUSTAINED PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE BOW.
  
  
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