According to the operator of vessel 1, he was operating his vessel at nearly no wake speed which he estimated to be 5-10 mph near the midway marina boat slips just off highway 150 in terrell.  He attempted to maneuver his vessel into a slip so he could visit the restaurant and noticed his vessel was not responding when he tried to throttle down further.  He tried to put his vessel into reverse and said that it kept going forward even faster.  He tried to pit it into neutral but did not seem to slow down, so he tried reversing another time which sped the vessel up further.  He then tried to put it into forward gear to see how it responded.  The vessel went forward and by then, he was in close proximity to another vessel which was docked in the slip.  He tried to come to the bow of the vessel and brace the impact with a long pole in his vessel, but was unable to pad the impact.  His vessel made contact with vessel 2 breaking the swim platform on vessel 2 loose as well as breaking the swim ladder and knocking a piece of the swim ladder into the passenger area of the vessel, and breaking the trap door which covered the ladder.  Also the bow hook on his vessel broke through the fiberglass on the stern of vessel 2 pushing vessel 2 into the dock hard enough to break off the metal cleat on the dock that it was tied to and dented the fiberglass in the front of the vessel.  The operator of vessel 1 contacted the owners of vessel 2 and exchanged information including phone numbers and names and addresses.  Both owners had insurance on their vessels.  I filed no charges on the operator of vessel 1, as i determined the cause of the accident to be faulty machinery.  Neither alcohol nor any other impairing substances were present.
TERRELL