ON 7/12/23, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 PM, CAMPERS FROM YMCA CAMP SEAFARER WERE OPERATING BOATS ON THE NEUSE RIVER.  

VESSEL 1 WAS OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR.  SHE HAD TWO OTHER CAMPERS ON BOARD HER VESSEL.

VESSEL 2 WAS OPERATED BY V2 OPERATOR AND THERE WERE THREE OTHER CAMPERS ON BOARD HER VESSEL.  

ALL OCCUPANTS OF BOTH VESSELS WERE WEARING A TYPE III PFD.  VESSEL 2 WAS APPROACHING THE PORT SIDE OF VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 1 HAD DAMAGES FROM THE BOW TO THE STERN ALONG THE PORT SIDE.  VESSEL 2 ONLY HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOW ON THE STARBOARD SIDE.  FROM THE DAMAGES THAT I OBSERVED, THE TWO VESSELS STRUCK THE PORT SIDE BOW OF VESSEL 1 TO THE STARBOARD BOW SIDE OF VESSEL 2.  ON IMPACT, VESSEL 1 ROLLED TO THE STARBOARD SIDE AND CONTINUED ACROSS THE BOW OF VESSEL 2.  BOTH VESSELS CAME TO REST NEAR THE IMPACT SITE.  DUE TO BOTH OPERATORS THAT WERE WEARING THE CUTOFF LANYARD, PASSENGER 2 AND PASSENGER 1 OF VESSEL 2 WERE THROWN FROM THE VESSEL AND INTO THE WATER.  INJURED IN VESSEL 2 WAS TRANSPORTED TO CAROLINA EAST MEDICAL CENTER.  SHE WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HER UPPER LEFT ARM.  BROKEN BONES WERE SUSPECTED.  SHE WAS TEATED AND RELEASED WITH NO INJURIES.  THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO THE AGE OF BOTH OPERATORS AND THEIR INEXPERIENCE.

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