RedactedNarrative: VESSEL 1 WAS A 24'2" FOUR WINNS OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 8 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  VESSEL 2 WAS A 20' LAKE RAIDER PONTOON BOAT WITH 6 PEOPLE ON BOARD.    VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELLING ACROSS THE LAKE FROM AZ SHORE BACK TO NV IN A DIAGONAL DIRECTION TO THE SHORELINE.  VESSEL 2 HAD A 70 HORSEPOWER AND WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 15-25MPH.  VESSEL 1 WAS OPERATING NEAR THE NV SHORELINE AT A CRUISING SPEED AND ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS WAS HEADING TO LAUCH RAMP.  VESSEL 1 HAS A 310 HORSEPOWER AND WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25-35MPH. VESSEL 2 WAS OPERATING AT A CRUISING SPEED ON THE LAKE NEAR THE COVE HEADING TO THE MARINA.  VESSEL 1 WAS OPERATING AT A CRUISING SPEED, COMING AWAY FROM SHORE AND HEADING TOWARD THE BOAT HARBOR.  VESSEL 1 STRUCK VESSEL 2 ON THE STARBOARD SIDE (STERN OF THE CENTER LINE).  AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT, VESSEL 1 ALTERED COURSE TO STARBOARD.  AS A RESULT VESSEL 1 RAMPED UP ONTO THE STARBOARD PONTOON OF VESSEL 2 SLID DOWN VESSEL 2 LEAVING PAINT TRANSFER AND DAMAGE.  VESSEL 1'S PROP STRUCK VESSEL 2'S STARBOARD SIDE AND DECK LEAVING MARKS AND DAMAGE.  TWO PASSENGERS ON VESSEL 2 WERE EJECTED INTO THE WATER AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, BOTH WERE RESCUED.  FOUR PASSENGERS FROM VESSEL 2 WERE INJURED AND ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.  NO ONE WAS INJURED ON VESSEL 1.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF OUI AND WAS ALSO CITED FOR 831-RULES OF THE ROAD, NO PROPER LOOKOUT AND OVERTAKING.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 1 $9000.00 DAMAGE MOSTLY CONTAINED TO PORT SIDE, CHINES/KEEL, AND MOTOR.  FIBERGLASS/PAINT DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF BOAT, ON 1ST & 2ND CHINES.  PAINT DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE WITH NUMEROUS SCRATCHES AND PAINT CHIPS, ENGINE/MOTOR OUTDRIVE DAMAGED-PROPS BENT, GIMBAL BROKEN & SKAG BROKEN.  VESSEL 1 TAKES ON WATER.  ESTIMATE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 2 $2000.00 CRUSHING DAMAGE TO ALUMINUM RAILING AND DECK.  PROP DAMAGE TO DECK AND PONTOON ON STARBOARD SIDE OF VESSEL, MAJOR DAMAGE TO HELM AND SEATS.
NameOfBodyOfWater: LAKE MEAD
NearestCityTown: BOULDER CITY                  