While officer were fueling their patrol vessel at a marina a dock worked notifed them that an accident had just happened. Vessel two had just been moored to a walkway just behind the fuel pier and had just been struck by vessel one. Officers looked over to the direction to which this accident had occurred and observed vessel one pulling up to the dock in front of vessel two dropping several passengers off. After the three passengers climbed from the vessel, the operator of vessel one backed vessel one away from the dock and began heading in the direction of the launch ramp. Believing that the operator was attempting to leave the scene, the officers got operator one's attention and waved him back to the dock. Officer then told the dock worker who had notified officers of the accident to try to locate the people on vessel one that had been dropped off. Vessel one operator stated that while pulling into the walkway the operator of vessel one fell back on the seat of his vessel and struck vessel two that was unoccupied at the time. Operator of vessel one confirmed vessel one hit vessel two. When officers asked operator of vessel one if he was attempting to leave the scene without saying anything about hitting vessel two he explained that he was going to pull vessel one out of the water and then attempt to find the party of vessel two.  Alcohol was not involved and operator and passengers of vessel one were not wearing pfd's.
RUSSELL SPRINGS               