ON 5/14/23 AT APPROX 6:20 PM, A BOAT INCIDENT OCCURRED ON MTN ISLAND LAKE.  IT OCCURRED ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LAKE APPROXIMATELY 750 YARDS UP FROM THE MTN ISLAND DAM AND APPROXIMATELY 500 YDS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE "MOUNTAIN ISLAND" ISLAND.  THERE WERE 2 VESSELS INVOLVED.  VESSEL 1 WAS A 10 FT YAMAHA BEING OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR WITH 2 PASSENGERS ON BOARD - V1 Injured 2 AND V1 Injured 1.

VESSEL 2 IS A 10 FT SEA DOO BOMBARDIER, BEING OPERATED BY V2 OPERATOR AND HAD 1 PASSENGER ON BOARD, V2 Injured 5.

VESSEL 1 WAS TRAVELING BACK TO SHORE WHEN THEY CAME UPON VESSEL 2 OPERATING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND DOING 360'S.  VESSEL 1 WAS PASSING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF VESSEL 2 AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED.  VESSEL 2 THEN CAME OUT OF A 360 AND DID A BIG LOOP AND ENDED UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF VESSEL 1.  AS VESSEL 2 WAS COMING OUT OF THE LOOP, HE WENT IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND IMPACTED VESSEL 1 ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE JET SKI AT A SLIGHT ANGLE.  EVERYONE ON BOARD BOTH JET SKIS WERE EJECTED INTO THE WATER AND V1 Injured 2 WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.  EVERYONE ON BOARD BOTH VESSELS RECEIVED INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO CMC MAIN FOR TREATMENT.

ALCOHOL OR DRUGS WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT AND PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES WERE WORN BY EVERYONE INVOLVED.  V2 OPERATOR WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION.

***PLEASE NOTE:  THIS REPORT WAS MANUALLY ENTERED INTO BARD DUE TO CONTINUED TRANSMISSION ISSUES BETWEEN REPORT BEAM AND BARD.***

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MTN ISLAND LAKE
MOUNT HOLLY                   