While leaving for patrol on the water, Officer with Kane County Sheriff Office contacted me over the radio explaining that the clinic staff treated some people that were in a boat accident early that morning. I met up with the clinic's nurse, who explained that a person came in telling her about a boat that was parked on some rocks near Slick Rock Canyon. Nurse could not give me any further information. 

Officer and I responded to Slick Rock Canyon to confirm if there was a boat on some rocks. As we approached the mouth of Slick Rock Canyon we found no sign of any boats. As we continued down lake I found an Aramark boat in the main channel. As we approached the Aramark's vessel we saw a blue and white boat perched up on some rocks with a male swimmer in the water. We would later identify the male swimmer as the owner/driver of the boat. This boat was located on the left (eastern side) of main channel by buoy 80.  
As I made contact with the Aramark employee I explained who I was and that I will be conducting an investigation. She explained that the male individual in the water was the owner of the boat. 
Officer and I beach our patrol boat and made contact with Operator. I asked Operator what happened and if everyone was okay. He told me that this happened last night and that no one else was hurt. I asked Operator to explain in detail what happen. Operator said that he was driving back from the fireworks at Bullfrog Bay to his camp across from Iceberg Canyon when he struck the rocks. Operator said that he was following his GPS unit on the boat and it showed him close to the wall so he made a hard left turn and crashed into the rocks. Operator made a GPS track earlier in the day and was following it back. Operator believed he was on the right side of the main channel; however he was on the left hand side. Operator went on to tell me that he wasn't drinking the night before and wasn't taking any medications. I asked Operator how many people were on board at the time of the accident he said 12 (4 Adults and 8 Kids) Operator once again told me that nobody was hurt. Operator could not remember how fast he was going. I asked Operator how much experience he had operating at night; he said that last night (4th of July) was his first time driving a boat at night.

I conducted my on scene investigation and found very little damage to the boat. Looking around the cockpit area I did not see any visible damage. I noted that that the throttle lever was is neutral and the keys were in the off position. I found that there was no damage to the gauges, windshield and steering wheel. I found the canopy was ripped on the rear starboard side. Looking around inside the cabin area I found items tossed around but no damage.

Looking on the outside of the boat I found the bow of the boat to have red mud/scratches on it from the rocks. I did see a hair line fracture on the port side of the bow that ran vertical. I did also see some fiberglass damage to the rear port side lifting strakes. On the starboard side I found scratches and minimal damage to the vessel. 

Once photos were taken of the boat, I had Operator fill out a witness statement explaining what took place the night of the fourth.  I let the Aramark employee know that she could pull the vessel off of the rocks; however she was to contact the National Park Service dispatch when she got back to Bullfrog so more photos can be taken while the boat was on the trailer. 
I was contacted by dispatch that the vessel was at Bullfrog main launch ramp, however I was busy with another boat accident and had Officer take the additional photos I needed. I also had Officer note any other damage to rear portion of the boat.  Officer found that the skeg of the starboard engine was broken off. Officer also found more fiberglass damage to rear lifting stra
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