V1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN THE DITCH BEHIND ASHBAUGH LAKE ON DAVE DONALDSON BLACK RIVER WMA. V2 WAS ALSO TRAVELING WESTBOUND DIRECTLY BEHIND V1. V2 ATTEMPTED TO PASS V1 ON THE PORT SIDE OF V1. V1 BEGAN WEAVING BACK AND FORTH TO BLOCK V2 FROM PASSING. AS V2 ATTEMPTED TO PASS, V1 SWERVED TO THE LEFT, RESULTING IN V2 STRIKING V1 AT THE STERN. THIS CAUSED BOTH BOATS TO VEER SOUTH AND STRIKE THE TREE LINE ON THE ASHBAUGH LEVEE.
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