ON SATURDAY 08/12/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 04:14 PM V2 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A JETSKI OR VESSEL 2 (V2) ON THE WATERS OF LAKE NORMAN. HE WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE LAKE BEHIND ANOTHER JETSKI OPERATED BY V1 OPERATOR (VESSEL 1 (V1)). V1 LET OFF THE THROTTLE AND SLOWED DOWN TO IDLE SPEED. DUE TO INATTENTION, V2 SAW V1 TOO LATE AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN AWAY HOWEVER WAS UNABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION. V2 HIT THE PORT SIDE STERN OF V1 CAUSEING HULL DAMAGE AND PAINT TRANSFER. V2 LEFT THE INCIDENT SCENE BECAUSE OF A VERBAL DISAGREEMENT AND LANGUAGE BARRIER, BUT WAS ABLE TO BE LOCATED. AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES AFTER THE COLLISION. NO INJUIES TO EITHER PARTIES INVOLVED.
LAKE NORMAN
STATESVILLE                   