Witness on his boat in front of his home stated that Vessel #2  with 3 people on board, was just drifting and fishing.  Vessel #1 was going extremely fast and had 5 people on board.  Witness advised that Vessel #1 ws not paying attention and hit Vsl #2, knocking the 3 people out of the boat.  He stated that Vessel #1 then took off.
Operator of Vessel #2 stated that they were drifting and fishing.  It was getting late and they were just starting to turn on their lights, when they observed a boat coming at them at an extremely high rate of speed.  They noticed that operator of Vsl #2 was not paying attention and because of the high rate of speed, there was no time to move the boat, and all three bailed off the side of the boat into the water.  Vessel #1 hit the port side bow of his boat and then kind of going over the top of it.  He stated that Operator of Vsl #1 then turned around but Operator Vsl #2 was so extremely angry that he said some things he probably shouln't have and told him to leave.

Operator Vsl #1 stated that the passengers on his boat blocked his view and when they finally did move, so he could see, it was too late.  He tried to swerve to avoid a collision, but ran right into Vsl #2.
Operator of Vsl #1 was cited for reckless operation. It should also be noted that when he left the scene, he tried to hide his vessel. But officers located it anyway.

Boat owners had no insurance.
No injuries.

Leoni Township                