ON 7/2/23, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 HRS, A BOATING INCIDENT OCCURRED ON LAKE NORMAN.  VESSEL 1 OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON LAKE NORMAN IN THE AREA OF HWY 150 BRIDGE ALONG WITH VESSEL 2 OPERATED BY V2 OPERATOR.  AFTER TRAVELING UNDER HWY 150 AND THROUGH THE NO WAKE ZONE AREA, VESSEL 1 AND 2 BEGAN TO INCREASE SPEED.  VESSEL 2 WAS NEARING OTHER VESSELS AND THE OPERATOR MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO HIS PORT (LEFT) SIDE.  VESSEL 2 STRUCK VESSEL 1 ON THE STARBOARD (RIGHT) SIDE CAUSING THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 TO BE EJECTED.  VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT CONSOLE HANDLEBARS, SEAT, BOW OF PWC AND FIBERGLASS DAMAGE.  VESSEL 2 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BOW OF THE PWC AND FIBERGLASS DAMAGE.  NEARBY BOATERS ASSISTED IN BRINGING V1 OPERATOR AND V2 OPERATOR TO PINNACLE ACCESS AREA.   V2 OPERATOR WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION AND NOT HAVING THE BOATING SAFETY EDUCATION REEQUIREMENT.  V1 OPERATOR RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO THE RIGHT ELBOW, RIGHT FOOT AND RIGHT LEG.  V1 OPERATOR REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  NO OTHER VESSEL DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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LAKE NORMAN
MOORESVILLE                   