I RECEIVED A CALL FROM RALEIGH IN REFERENCE TO A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30PM ON 07-16-09.  THIS ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED ON LAKE HICKORY AND HAD CAME THORUGH ALEXANDER COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS.  I RESPONDED FROM WILKES COUNTY TO LAKE HICKORY.  I ARRIVED AT LAKE HICKORY AT APPROXIMATELY 11:10PM.  ONCE THERE I SPOKE WITH BOTH SUBJECTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE BOATING ACCIDENT.  I FIRST SPOKE TO operator2 WHO WAS THE OPERATOR OF THE BASS BOAT.  OPERATOR2 STATED THAT HE AND ANOTHER FRIEND WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE LAKE AND AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PWC COMING AT HIM.  HE QUICKLY TURNED TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT AND HE STUCK OPERATOR1 JUST CAUSING PAINT TRANSFER.  OPERATOR2 HAD TURNED AWAY IN TIME TO ONLY SCRAPE THE JET SKI AND CAUSING VERY LITTLE DAMAGE.  OPERATOR1 STATED HE HAD THREE PASSENGERS ON HIS PWC AT THE TIME OF COLLISION.  HE HAD PWC PROBLEMS EARLIER THAT EVENING AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE FOR BEING OUT SO LATE.  STATED HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE SHORELINE AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND HE STRUCK THE BASS BOAT.  OPERATOR1 HAD IMPROPER LOOKOUT AND WAS CARELESS AND RECKLESS IN THIS MANNER BEING ON LAKE HICKORY ON A PWC AFTER SUNSET.  occupant WAS THROWN FROM THE PWC AND HAD THE BREATH KNOCKED OUT OF HER AND SUFFERED BRUISES.  SHE WAS taken TO THE HOSPITAL BY FRIENDS AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  SO I THEN SPOKE TO OPERATOR1 AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO FILL OUT A ACCIDENT FORM.  I THEN NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE COMING FROM OPERATOR1'S PERSON.  I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH HE HAD TO DRINK AND HE STATED ONLY ONE "JUICE" EARLIER.  THE BEER THAT I WAS SMELLING WAS A NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK HE HAD BEEN DRINKING.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD DRANK SEVERAL OF THOSE.  I RAN OPERATOR1 THROUGH A FEW STANDARD FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS IN WHICH HE FAILED AND HE BLEW A .09 ON THE ALCO-SENSOR.  I THEN PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR OPERATING A MOTORBOAT WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.  I READ OPERATOR1 HIS RIGHTS AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO ALEXANDER COUNTY JAIL.  ON THE WAY I ASKED OPERATOR1 IF HE HAD DRANK ANYTHING AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND HE STATED TO ME NO THAT HE HAD NOT DRANK ANYTHING ELSE.  OPERATOR1 WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PWC AFTER SUNSET AND CARELESS AND RECKLESS OPERATION.
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