On 6-17-2012 around 11:45 a.m., Operator1 and his two sons were fishing near Indian point and decided to travel West across the lake towards Goose Island.   Around this same time Operator2 and his family were fishing in Muddy Bay, and decided that the wind was getting too strong to stay out on the water and decided to travel back to Reno Cove.  Operator1 was traveling around 10 mph and Operator2 was traveling around 20 mph.  Neither boat turned or veered in any way and they both claimed they kept the same heading towards their desired destinations.  The waves were large and were crashing over both vessels as they traveled across the lake.  Around 12:00 p.m. near Goose Island the two watercraft collided together.    Operator2’s vessel hit Operator1’s on the starboard side just behind the driver’s seat and jumped completely over Operator1’s boat crushing the starboard side and destroyed the windshield.  According to Operator2’s statement, he ended up approximately 15 feet passed Operator1’s boat.  Both boats were able to make it back to Bennett Hill boat ramp on their own, and the ambulance took Operator1 and his sons to the Platte County Memorial Hospital.  Operator2 and his family refused treatment.  The initial angle of impact for this accident was around 115 degrees and the case of the accident was the large waves and failure of the operators to observe the surrounded as neither of them saw the other vessel.  The injuries were caused from impact with the vessels.
Glendo                        