RedactedNarrative: Based on witness statements, Operator1 and some friends met at Olen Marshall boat ramp to ride a pair of Sea Doos Operator1 had recently purchased. Operator1 (vessel 1) and Operator2 (vessel 2) boarded the personal water crafts at the boat ramp and began traveling downstream. Vessel 1 was traveling behind and off to the right of vessel 2. At approximately a 1/4 mile below the ramp the operator of vessel 2 was looking to his left and began to slow. The operator of vessel 1 assumed vessel 2 was turning around. Vessel 1 began making a left turn looking to his right towards the bend in the river. As the operator of vessel 1 looked back around vessel 2 was still on course heading straight towards him. Vessel 2 turned to the right to try to avoid a collision but struck vessel 1 on the portside. 
  Operator1 was struck by vessel 2 in the hip region of his body and thrown from his vessel. Operator2 immediately stopped and went into the water to assist Operator1. A pontoon near the accident scene heard someone yelling for help. Good sam assisted loading Operator1 onto his vessel and transported him back to the boat ramp. Operator1 was transported to Hamblen County Hospital, and later flown to the University of Tennessee Hospital. Operator1 underwent surgery to repair multiple fractures of his pelvis..