a female told me that her boat had been hit and that the other boat had already left since the report had been taken by the fire department.  I told the lady that i was there to do the report.  She told me that she had a phone number for the boat driver and i called it.  I spoke to operator1 and he told me that he was at home already and that the boat was at his friends house.  I told operator1 that he needed to get the boat and return to maggie's landing so i could talk to him and his passenger.  I proceeded to talk to the owner of the boat.  Owner told me that she heard a loud bang and had went to look at the river to see what had happened.  Owner told me that she saw a boat that had crashed into her pontoon boat and that there was a driver, a passenger, and a skier all present.  Owner told me that she asked if anyone was hurt and they all said no.  I got the boat information and took photos of the pontoon boat.  I thanked owner for her time and the information that she had provided me with and told her how to contact the district office to get the boat crash information
 i went to maggie's landing to interview operator1 and v1 occupant.  I arrived at maggie's landing at approximately 1237 hrs and waited for operator1 and v1 occupant to arrive.  They arrived a short time later and i asked for the boat registration, insurance information,and operator1's drivers license.  I took photos of the boat and found that the only visible damage was paint transfer and a few scratches to the boat hull at the bow of the boat.  
 i had operator1 set in my truck and i interviewed him on what had happened.  I tape recorded the interview.  Operator1 told me that he was pulling v1 occupant on a wake board and v1 occupant was having trouble getting up on the board.  Operator1 told me that v1 occupant had fell several times and on the fourth attempt he was watching v1 occupant and not where he was going and the next thing he knew that the pontoon boat was about ten feet in front of him.  Operator1 told me that he slammed into the pontoon boat. Operator1 told me that he was only going about ten to twelve miles an hour when he hit the pontoon boat.  I asked him how much experience he had in driving a boat and operator1 told me about 200 hrs.  I asked operator1 if he had ever taken a certified course and he said no.  I asked operator1 if he had ever operated this boat before and he said yes.  Operator1 told me that the boat was old and did not have a lot of pick up and was slow.  I asked operator1 if there was anything wrong with the boat at the time he was operating it and he told me no that it was ok.  I handed operator1 a boat operators crash report form to fill out  i then read operator1 the law that pertained to towing someone with the boat and asked him to have v1 occupant come to my truck.
 i next interviewed v1 occupant, i also tape recorded the interview.  I asked v1 occupant what they were doing at the time of the accident.  V1 occupant told me that operator1 was attempting to pull him on the wake board and he was not having much luck in wake boarding.  V1 occupant told me that operator1 was watching him and not were he was driving and that is when v1 occupant said that they looked up and saw the pontoon boat in the path of his boat.  V1 occupant told me that operator1 did not have time to react and crashed into the pontoon boat on the pontoons starboard side transom.  I asked v1 occupant if he was injured and he told me no and that no one was injured because they were not going that fast.  

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