THE OWNER OF VESSEL 1, WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  OWNER1 LEFT ON VACATION ON 3/25/11 AND RETURNED ON 3/27/11.  OWNER1 NOTICED HIS PONTOON AND BOAT LIFT HAD BEEN MOVED AWAY FROM HIS DOCK.  HE THEN INVESTIGATED TO FIND DAMAGE TO THE STERN END OF THE STARBOARD PONTOON.  OWNER1 CONTACTED NCWRC ON 3/28/11.  I RESPONDED AND INVESTIGATED ON THE SAME DAY AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00AM.  THE STARBOARD PONTOON HAD BEEN STRUCK BY VESSEL 2 APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES FROM THE WATER LINE.  THE POINT OF IMPACT INDICATED THAT VESSEL 2 WAS TRAVELING FROM STARBOARD TO PORT AT ABOUT 10-15 MPH.  THE ANGLE OF VESSEL 2 IN RELATION TO VESSEL 1 WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES.  THE IMPACT CREASED AND PUNCTURED THE STERN END OF THE STARBOARD PONTOON.  VESSEL 2 THEN STRUCK THE LOWER UNIT OF VESSEL 1.  

THE MOTOR COWL WAS BUSTED AS THE MOTOR TURNED WITH THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT AND STRUCK THE DECK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.  OVER TURNING OF THE MOTOR BROKE THE STEERING SHAFT AT THE MOTOR AND BENT THE TRAMSOM ON VESSEL 1.  VESSEL 2 STRUCK VESSEL ONE AND LEFT THE SCENE WITH NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE IMPACT.  OWNER1'S NEIGHBOR SAID SHE HEARD A "CRASH NOISE" ON SATURDAY 3/27/11 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00AM.  THE NEIGHBOR LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW TWO FEMALES ON ONE PWC HELPING A THIRD FEMALE OUT OF THE WATER BACK ONTO A SECOND PWC.  BOTH OF THE PWCS LEFT HEADING TOWARD THE HWY 158 BRIDGE.  I TALKED WITH SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF THE LAKE AND LOCAL HOSPITAL OFFICIALS AND DEVELOPED NO OTHER LEADS.

NOTE:  VESSEL 2 INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN.  VESSEL 2 OPERATOR AND OWNER INFORMATION IS ALSO UNKNOWN AS THIS WAS A HIT AND RUN.

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