On 9/11/11 i officer received a call from dispatch about a boat accident near the dupont bridge.  Dispatch then transferred me to a parker police officer who had responded to the accident  informed me that he had collected the information from the operator/owner and told her to go home.  He also informed me that the p.w.c. was still stuck under the dock.  I then went 10-8 and responded by land to the long point condo next to the dupont bridge.  Once i arrived i walked out back of the condo and saw the p.w.c. lodged under the dock.  As i walked out the dock to see the damage i found part of the p.w.c.'s mirror on the dock.  I then looked at the p.w.c. and saw that it had struck a mooring pilon and the dock.  The steering column of the p.w.c. had been ripped out upon impact and was laying on the starboard side of the seat by the wires.  I then noticed that there was a line wrapped around the throttle.  I then went back to the truck and found two witnesses to the incident.  

Both subjects gave written statements saying the they saw the woman start the p.w.c. and then the p.w.c. started to circle and then shot straight from the boat ramp towards their dock and then it hit sending debris around the dock.  I then called and left a message for the owner to call me or come to the accident site.  A few minutes later she arrived and explained what happened.  She said that she went to crank the p.w.c. and put her lanyard on at the same time and then as soon as she did the p.w.c. took off while tied to the other p.w.c..  She then said that it began to turn circles while trapping her hand on the handle with the mooring line.  After a couple of circles she said that the line broke and freed her hand and then threw her off the p.w.c. and it shot off straight towards the dock.  She said that the line had wrapped itself around the throttle while circling and caused it to run faster.  I then took a written statement from her. I then informed her that they needed to get the p.w.c. out from under the dock and they said that they were waiting for the tide to go out.  After that i went and photographed the p.w.c. and the damages to the dock.  I then met with the president of the condo association and got her information and asked her to contact me after she received an estimate of what he damages are to the dock.  I then cleared the scene.  Later on that day i went back by the condo and found that they had already removed the p.w.c.  i then photographed the damages to the underside of the dock.  No further action taken.

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