VESSEL 1 STRUCK UNOCCUPIED VESSEL 2 WHILE VESSEL 2 WAS DOCKED ON BOAT LIFT.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE CLAIMED TO HAVE LOST HIS DRIVES AS HE WAS PULLING INTO A BOAT SLIP AND PANICKED AND ACCELERATED CAUSING HIM TO HIT ANOTHER BOAT.  WITNESSES STATED THE OPERATOR WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE AREA UNTIL THEY YELLED AT HIM TO STAY.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 STATED HE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGES AND LEFT THE SCENE, ABANDONING HIS BOAT, AND DID NOT RETURN TO THE SCENE AFTER THE INVESTGATOR CONTACTED HIM BY CELL PHONE AND REQUESTED HE RETURN.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 1 FOOT EAST OF DOCK #001740 AND APPROX 20 FEET WEST OF DOCK #001739 AND APPROX 1 FOOT SOUTH OF THE DOCK CROSS WALK.
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