On July 2, 2009, I Boating Officer 1, Boating Officer for the State of KS, Dept. of Wildlife & Parks was contacted by Officer 1told me that he was working a boat accident that involved two Personal Watercraft that had collided on ElDorado Reservoir.  Officer 1 told me that both of the PWC operators had been taken to a hospital and that one of the operators was in critical condition.  Officer 1asked me to help him with the accident investigation and for a reconstruction of the vessel crash.  I was told by Officer 1that he had seized both PWC's and that they were locked up in a secure building at ElDorado State Park.  I told Officer 1that I would meet him on July 7, 2009.  On July 7, 2009, I went to ElDorado Reservoir and looked at the two PWC's.  This accident involved two Kawasaki Personal Watercraft operated by two young men that were friends and were operating their PWC's on ElDorado Reservoir.  Vessel #1 was a 2000 Kawasaki Personal watercraft.  The vessel is approximately 10 feet in length, approximately 4 feet wide at the widest point on the vessel.  The vessel had a OK boat registration # displayed on both sides of the bow of the vessel.  The vessel did not have a valid expiration decal from the State of OK on it.  The vessel was a 3 person PWC and had a 150 horse power engine.  This vessel was owned and being operated by Operator 1.  Vessel #2 was a 1999 Kawasaki Personal watercraft.  That vessel had a KS Boat Registration displayed on both sides of the bow of the vessel.  Vessel #2 also had a KS boat expiration decal displayed on both sides of the bow and that decal indicated that the boat had a current and valid registration that would expire in 2012.  Vessel #2 was approximately 10 feet in length and approximately 4 feet wide at the widest point of the vessel.  Vessel #2 was a 3 person PWC and was powered by a 100 horse power motor.  This vessel was owned and being operated by Operator 2.  There was  a third PWC in the area of the accident being operated by a young female.  She was identified as Operator 3.  Operator 3 was the operator of that PWC, however, according to the interviewer and her statement, she did not see the accident.  She told investigators that she heard a loud noise or a sound and she turned and saw that there had been a collision.  Operator 3 reportedly went to check on the people and see if they needed help.  She told investigator that when she got back to the collision, she saw a guy holding or supporting another person that was unconscious in the water.  She told investigators that she left and went to her parents on shore, asked her parents to call 911 for help for the guys that were involved in the accident.  Operator 3 told investigators that she returned to the accident and offered help.  Operator 3 told investigators that after Operator 1was picked up and transported to shore to be taken to the hospital, she towed Operator 2 and his PWC to shore.  Officer 1CO, KDWP called me and told me about the accident.  Officer 1 told me that the 2 PWC's had collided on ElDorado Reservoir and that one of the operators had been injured and was life lifted to a hospital in Wichita, KS.  I told Officer 1 to secure the PWC's and I would be at the location on Tuesday July 7, 2009 to help with the accident.  On Tuesday, July 7, 2009 I arrived at the secure area where the PWCs had been secured.  I photographed the 2 PWCs that were involved in the accident and documented the damage to both PWCs.  I took the measurements of the boat, and the damage that was done to each of the PWC's.  A drawing of each PWC was done on site and the damage indicated fo
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