VESSEL ONE RAN UPON VESSEL TWO WHILE VESSEL TWO WAS LOADING ONTO A TRAILER. VESSEL ONE OPERATOR WAS OPERATING VESSEL WHILE OWNER WAS WAITING TO BACK TRAILER DOWN THE RAMP.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE WAS HAD REPORTEDLY BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  WHILE IN THE VESSEL, OPERATOR ONE GUNNED THE VESSEL NEAR THE RAMP AND WAS TURNING CIRCLES WHILE PLOWING THE WATER.  OPERATOR ONE THEN DROVE VESSEL ONE UP ON TOP OF VESSEL TWO. THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EMS WHERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. OERATOR AND OWNER OF VESSEL ONE HAD LEFT THE SCENE PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF POLICE OFFICERS. VESSEL TWO PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE FOR A CUT TO THE HEAD WHICH APPARENTLY HAD BEEN CAUSED BY VESSEL ONE. OPERAOR OF VESSEL TWO DID NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER FOR STRAINED MUSCLES IN THE UPPER LEFT THIGH. LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS LOCATED THE OPERATOR AND PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST, THEN RECEIVED A WARRANT FOR OWNER OF VESSEL ONE FOR THE COLLISION INVOLVING  THE TWO BOATS.  BOATING ENFORCEMEN OFFICER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS ACCIDIDENT UNTIL NEARLY THREE WEEKS AFTER IT OCCURED. THIS CASE HAD BEEN CLEARED BY THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WILL STAND AS A CLOSED CASE.  VESSEL ONE SUSTAINED VISIBLE GASHES IN THE HULL AND HAD A BROKEN MOTOR BRACKET. VESSEL TWO  SUSTAINED A LARGE GASH ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE TRANSOM. THE FISHING SEAT ON THE REAR DECK WAS BENT AND SCRATCHES COULD BE SEEN ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL AND MOTOR COVER OF VESSEL TWO. ALCOHOL WAS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THIS ACCIDENT. IT IS UNKKNOWN IF PFD'S WHERE BEING WORN OR USED ON EITHER VESSEL.
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