"     On March 31, 2012, at approximately 1820 hrs, I received a southern linc call from the SOC in Atlanta.  They advised to call Cherokee County S.O. in reference to a boating incident on Allatoona Lake.  After talking to Cherokee County S.O., they advised to contact one of the people involved in this incident.  That number belongs to the other party involved in this incident.  Operator1 briefly advised me what happened and that no one was hurt.  I told Operator1 that I would come to his location.  Both boats were together at Harbor Town Marina when I arrived by vehicle at approximately 1900 hrs.
     The first thing that I did when I arrived was to double check that there were no injuries to anyone involved in this incident.  Both men involved seemed to be fine, and I saw no visible injuries, and each said they were not hurt.  There was only one individual in each boat.  I checked there ID's and briefly spoke to each one.  Operator1 was heading in an westerly direction from the mouth of Kellogg Creek towards Harbor Town Marina.  Operator2 was heading in a more northernly direction, towards Victoria Marina.  Operator1 was on the right and the "stand on' vessel.  Neither boat saw the other and Operator1's boat struck Operator2's boat at the starboard stern (right rear) at about a 40-45 degree angle, running up onto the boat.  When Operator1's boat had gotten down off of Operator2's boat, he had ripped a long gash (whole) in the starboard stern gunwhale, about 24"-30" long.  There were some scratches on the hull (port side in the bow area) on Operator1's boat.  There was one substantial scratch on Operator1's boat, about 4 inches long and down into the fiberglass, beneath the jell coat.
     It was getting dark, and starting to rain/strike lightening, so I asked each operator to write me a personal statement and e-mail it to me the next date.  No charges have been filed in this incident.    ,"

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