On 6/12/12 at about 1013hrs i was dispatched to a call of a non injury boat accident that occurred at the scorpion bay marina on 6/11/12. I contacted the owner/operator of v2 and he told me the following: he stated that on 6/11 at about 1400hrs he was at dillons restuarant at scorpion bay marina. He stated his boat was tied to the dock and it was unoccupied. He stated that v1 was traveling on the water near dillons restuarant. V1 appeared as if it was trying to dock and the operator was headed towards the floating docks near the restuarant. He stated that v1 struck the floating dock bow first hard enough to cause the bow of the vessel to ride up onto the dock. The operator of v1 then applied power in reverse and backed into the front of v2 causing damage to v2.

I contacted the owner of v1 and he told me the following: he stated that on 6/11 at about 1400hrs his daughter was operating his vessel. He stated that she did strike the dock while attempting to dock.he stated that as she was backing the boat up a large floatation toy that was attached to the back of the boat obstructed her view. He stated that he does not believe she struck the other vessel although she did strike the dock. He stated she was backing up slowly so even if she did strike the other vessel the damage would have been superficial.

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