On August 3, 2013, at  approximately 1850 hours, I, Ranger, and Corporal received a call about a boat incident at Hideaway Bay Marina near the gas docks. Corporal and I responded by boat to the incident site where we met the two men involved in the accident. Operator1 explained to me that as he was coming about to park his vessel, the shift cable snapped and he lost control of his vessel. When he lost control of his vessel, the bow his vessel careened into the dock of the marina and then ramped onto an empty pontoon causing significant damage to the awning and frame of another boat. Operator1's boat then slid off the pontoon back into the water. When the prop of the boat reentered the water while still running, the boat rotated and began plowing through the water towards another dock. Operator1 stated that he had no control over his vessel while the vessel was in motion. Operator1's vessel then crashed into the dock and came to a stop After Operator1 told me his side of the story, I asked the second vessel owner if he remembered anything differently. Owner2 stated that what Operator1 had stated was the truth and that he was glad that no one was hurt. Corporal and I took statements from both men and asked them to both draw sketches of what happened. The statements and drawings of both men were consistent with the damage to the docks and vessels. Operator1 did not have any registration on his vessel since he purchased it in 2005.
FLOWERY BRANCH