RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 was traveling south coming from the tuckertown dam.  At approximately 12:00am, vessel 1 collided with vessel 2 on vessel 2's left side which was adrift unoccupied and with no lights being displayed.  Owner of vessel 2 admitted that he was the owner of the vessel for approximately 2 weeks.  He also admitted to tying the vessel to the property of alcoa on the montgomery county side approximately 600 feet on the low side of the tuckertown dam in badin lake.  The owner of vessel 2 stated that he was at this vessel taking items out of it at 5:00pm the day before, which was 5/4/12, in which he stated it was still secured to the shore line.  
  
  Alcohol was determined not to be a factor in this collision.  All safety items were current and present in vessel 1.  Considering the time of night and in this particular area, it was very dark.  Vessel 2 was seen by the front passenger of vessel 1 at the last moment before impact.
  
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  There was no mention by the officer as to what caused vessel 2 to become unsecured from where it was tied to the shore line.
  subject was injured in the neck/throat area when he collided with the vessel striking his throat on the boat's windshield.
  
NameOfBodyOfWater: BADIN LAKE
NearestCityTown: BADIN                         