RedactedNarrative: On may 31, 2014 at approximately 3:30pm, a pwc and a bass boat were involved in a boating accident on flat swamp creek of high rock lake 0.65 miles north of hwy 8 bridge in denton, nc. The total width of flat swamp creek where the boat incident occurred is approximately 100 yds. Vessel 1 was an 11 ft 2010 yamaha wave runner that was black and tan in color. It was being operated by operator1, and he had no passengers on board with him at the time of the incident. Vessel 2 was an 18 ft 2008 triton bass boat with a 150 hp mercury motor. The bass boat was white and red in color and had a starboard side console. It was owned and operated by subject. His son was sitting in the passenger seat on the port side of the vessel at the time of the incident. The pwc, vessel 1, was struck on the port side bow by the bow eye of the bass boat, vessel 2. 
  
  Operator1 who was operating vessel 1 had been out cruising on flat swamp creek for approximately 10-15 minutes and decided to head north on flat swamp creek back towards the dock where he had started from. There were some friends of operator1 Sitting out on the dock where he had left from. As operator1 was heading back north, he passed his dock on his starboard side. He was operating the pwc at approximately 10-20 mph. After passing his dock, operator1 Turned the pwc back towards his left to circle back around to his dock, and at this time is when the pwc made contact with the bass boat. 
  
  Operator2 who was operating vessel 2 was heading north on flat swamp creek going to one of his fishing locations. Operator2 and his son, v2 occupant had launched their bass boat from the southmont access area and traveled south on high rock lake to get to flat swamp creek. While heading north on flat swamp creek, operator2 observed a pwc in front of him. He observed the pwc approximately 150 yds in front of him. Both stated that they observed the pwc in front of them doing circles from one side of the creek to the other. As operator2 continued to travel north at speeds over 20 mph, he began closing the distance between himself and the pwc. Operator2 stated that once he was close to the pwc, he began to slow down and blow the horn on his bass boat 6-7 times he also stated that when he was behind the pwc, he tried to go around it once and had to turn back the other way to prevent from hitting the pwc. He then continued on and was passing the pwc on his right, starboard side when the pwc suddenly turned into his bass boat. At this time operator2 stated that he was going approximately 10 mph when he struck the pwc. 
  
  After the collision between the pwc and the bass boat, both operators idled over to operator1.'s dock to tie up. A witness then called raleigh to report the incident. They then all waited on operator1.'s dock until i arrived. After speaking to operator1., he stated he never heard the horn, nor did he see the bass boat prior to the collision. Operator1, nor operator2 and his son v2 occupant were injured. There was significant damage to the pwc and not the bass boat. The pwc had a large hole in the fiberglass on the port side bow and the fiberglass was cracked across the entire bow from port side to starboard side. There were very minor scratches on both sides of the bow around the bow eye of the bass boat. 
  
  There were multiple witnesses on operator1.'s dock that observed the collision between the pwc and the bass boat. Multiple witnesses stated that they did hear the horn of operator2 bass boat before the collision occurred. They stated that operator1 Never saw the bass boat behind him. Witnesses stated that the bass boat came up very close behind the pwc at a very fast speed. They were trying to get the attention of the bass boat so he would slow down. The next thing they observed was the collision of the pwc and the bass boat. 
  
  There was one passenger/witness on board the bass boat which was operator2' son, v2 occupant.  V2 occupant stated that the pwc was doing circles in the lake. He