On July 5, 2013 Officer and I were patrolling South Holston Lake around the area of 421 Access Area. Officer and I were dispatched to a boat accident that had been reported  at 2340 hours. Officer and I arrived to the scene of the accident at Cliff Island at around 2352 hours. I observed a white and blue Bayliner vessel floating off the area of Cliff Island. The vessel was occupied 3 times and appeared to have a substantial amount of damage to the bow.   The damaged Bayliner had a Tennessee registration of 4156 DT. There was a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the Bayliner Vessel.  

Operator appeared to have deep lacerations to his toes and complained of hip pain. Victim2 appeared to have a deep laceration above his left eye. Subject3 said he had a minor bump on the top of his head.  Both Operator and Victim2 stated that Operator was the operator of the damaged vessel.   We transported the occupants to 421 Access Area where Emergency crews were waiting. Operator was transported to Bristol Regional Medical center.  Subject3 was looked at by Emergency personnel and released to his guardian. Victim2 refused treatment.  Officer transported the vessel to the TWRA compound at Bowser Ridge. According to witness statements, the operator of the damaged vessel was Operator. This is an ongoing investigation into multiple facets of this incident.
Based on Occupant statements:
One of the individual''s was operating the bayliner headed toward cliff island, from the area of hwy 421 bridge.       The vessel impacted the north side of cliff island at a significant speed.  The impact caused an extreme amount of fiberglass damage and caused multiple injuries to the occupants.
BRISTOL