On June 20, 2013, at approximately 9:00MST in the morning the National Park Service (NPS) received a call of a boat accident involving a houseboat and a power boat at buoy 43 by Dangling Rope Marina. Multiple NPS Rangers who were in the area responded by boat.  NPS Rangers arrived on scene several minutes later and confirmed that one passenger on the power boat died and two other passengers  were missing. The NPS Rangers on scene began to search for the two missing passengers, while conducting an on scene investigation. 

Two individuals were flown to a nearby hospital, Victim1 (V1) and his eleven year old Grand-Daughter, victim2. Victim1 had several lacerations to his lower leg, bruises, and possible sprained left wrist. Victim2 was complaining of pain in her back. The deceased passenger was turned over to Kane County Sheriff, who made the notifications to the families involved. 

Officer explained that a power boat driven by Victim1 was traveling up lake with twelve other passengers on board. Office said that at some point Victim1 got distracted looking at a rock formation with the rest of the passengers. When Victim1 looked forward again he saw a houseboat traveling down lake in front of him and made a sharp left turn to avoid a collision. Victim1 could not avoid the houseboat and collided with the front right side (Starboard) of the houseboat. Officer would go on to explain that all people inside Victim1's boat were thrown out. Six kids in the power boat were wearing life-jackets, while the seven adults were not. Office said that the people on the houseboat were not injured. I questioned Officer if he thought alcohol was involved and he said no. I asked Officer if he had any of the information with him and he said no that it is down at the Main Office in Wahweap. I requested that Officer turn over all information collected when he got back down to the main office. 

On June 23, 2013, I (Officer) conducted my investigation on both the power boat and houseboat involved in the accident. Upon looking at the power boat, a Crownline 230LS I found a massive hole (A 9) on portside measuring approximately 8ft in length. The width of the hole stretched from the rub rail down to the very bottom of the boat. This hole was the initial impact area of the accident. The hole h
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