RedactedNarrative: On June 17, 2015 at approximately 5:30pm a boat incident occurred in the Hicks Creek area of Lake Norman near Troutman, NC.  (V1) was operating a Bombardier Wake traveling southwest heading out of Hicks Creek.  His sister and brother were on (V2).  This was a matching PWC to (V1) and was heading north northeast toward (V1).  Both vessels were owned by a friend of the family.  (V1) was traveling southwest in Hicks Creek and was the stand on vessel.  (V2) was the give-way vessel and cut left in front of (V1).  (V1) struck (V2) on the starboard side near the rear of the vessel.
  
  The two operators were traveling at a high rate of speed in close vicinity.  (V1) was traveling southwest at a high rate of speed.  In this situation (V1) is the stand on vessel.  (V2) was approaching at a high rate of speed heading in a north northeast direction.  This made (V2) the give-way vessel.  (V2) maintained their speed and turned across (V1)''s path of travel.  (V1) didn''t expect (V2) to cut across his path of travel.  (V1) struck (V2) at about a 90 degree angle on the starboard side near the rear of the vessel.  Both men were ejected off the vessels into the water.  The female operator of (V2) was not ejected.
  
  Residents of a nearby house heard collision along with screams.  They ran to their dock, got in a boat and made their way out to the individuals in the water.  They asked if they needed help and if they need to call 911.  (V1) operator said "yes".  The passenger of (V2) was not able to move due to the injuries received from the collision.  They waited for the first responder''s to arrive before moving him to shore.  PFD''s were used to support the passenger''s legs while they transported him to the nearest dock.  (V2) passenger was flown to Carolina Medical Center (CMC) in Charlotte.  Due to the blunt force impact, he sustained injuries consisting of fracture femur, fractured pelvis, and compression fracture of vertebrate.  He was also checked for internal bleeding along with head trauma. He was treated for his injuries and released a week later.  (V1) (V2) operators were not injured.
  
  The analysis of the damage on the PWC''s indicated that (V1) had struck (V2) on the starboard side near the rear 1/3 of the vessel at approximately 90-degrees.  (V1) struck (V2) directly in line with the passenger of (V2).  The back 1/3 of (V2) was broke through the hull which allowed it to take on some water.   (V1) had damage on the V of the hull near the bow.  Both operators were wearing their PFD and safety cutoff lanyard.  Alcohol was not a contributing factor.
  
  The contributing factors of this accident were careless and reckless operation, excessive speed, operator inexperience and operator inattention.  None of the 3 individuals involved had completed a certified boating safety course, which due to their age were required by law to have.  As a result, the operator of (V1) was charged with operating a vessel greater than 10hp without completing an approved boating safety course.  The Father of (V2) operator was charged with allowing operation without boating safety requirements.
   