THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE AND HIS GIRL FRIEND WERE BOATING ON THE LAKE. OPERATOR WAS HEADED TOWARD THE MARINA. OPERATOR STATED THAT HE SAW THE REGULATION BUOY AND THEN SAW A ROCK STICKING OUT OF THE WATER. OPERATOR STATED HE THEN TRIED MANUEVERING OUT AND TO THE RIGHT TO GET PAST THE AREA, BUT STILL STRUCK A SHOAL/ROCK WITH HIS VESSELL. OPERATOR STATED THAT THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO HIS LOWER UNIT OF THE VESSELL.

AFTER OFFICERS TALKED TO OPERATOR THE OFFICER PHOTOGRAPHED THE VESSEL AND OBSERVED THE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER UNIT AS WELL. OFFICER THEN WENT TO THE ACCIDENT AREA AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE VESSEL. OFFICER OBSERVED TWO REGULATION BUOYS, ONE WAS JUST SITTING IN SOME ROCKS OUT IN THE WATER, BUT ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL. THE OTHER WAS LAYED OVER ON ITS SIDE. THE SHOAL OR SHALLOW AREA WHICH THE BUOYS WARN OF, EXTENDED WELL PAST THE BUOY THAT WAS LAID OVER ON ITS SIDE. OFFICER OBSERVED THAT THE BUOY HAD FALLEN OVER AND THAT IT HAD WASHED/MOVED INWARD TOWARD THE BANK FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION. ALSO OFFICER NOTICED AT THE SCENE, THAT THE WATER LEVEL OF THE LAKE HAD DROPPED AND THE WATER WAS ALOT MORE SHALLOW AROUND THE SHOAL/ROCKY AREA DO TO THE WATER LEVEL BEING DOWN. THE DROP IN WATER LEVEL AND ONE OF THE WARNING BUOYS BEING OUT OF PLAY AND LAYING ON ITS SIDE CREATED A DEFINATE HAZARD FOR BOATERS. PFD'S WHERE NOT BEING WORN OR USED. ALCOHOL WAS NOT SUSPECTED IN THIS ACCIDENT AND NO INJURYIES WHERE SUSTAINED.
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