Vessel 2 is leading a group of 4 personal watercrafts North on the Hudson River from Stony Point. 

For an unknown reason, V2 stops propulsion and veers to port causing vessel 1 to strike V2 port quarter, cracking the hull and causing both operator and passenger to be ejected from V2. 

Passenger from V2 was unconscious upon arrival and later pronounced deceased at St. Luke's Hospital. Operator of V2 transported with internal injuries to same in critical condition. Both vessels impounded and towed to SP Montgomery.
HUDSON RIVER
Newburgh                      