On Sunday, June 19, 2011 at approximately 1430 hours, deputies were patrolling Lucky Peak Reservoir when we were alerted by a boater and advised that a boat collision had occurred near Robie Creek.  Deputies boated towards Robie Creek, as they entered Turnaround Point and noticed two boats, one was moored on a dock and had noticeable damage to its starboard side hull.  The other boat was beached next to the dock, there were several people standing on and around the dock and no one appeared to be seriously injured.  

Deputies moored the patrol boat to the dock and asked if anyone was injured.  Passenger in boat #2 (P2) advised she had pain to her head/face area.  P2 was walking and speaking fine and there were no obvious injuries, she did advise she was feeling dizzy and took our advice to be seen by paramedics.  Operator of Boat #1 (O1) also advised he had pain to his lower back area and knees as a result of being ejected from his boat during the collision.  O1 refused to be seen by paramedics and ensured us he would seek medical care if pain persists.  O1 told deputies he was the only occupant of the boat when the collision occurred.  Prior to the collision, O1 wanted to drive the boat south, make a u-turn, and then drive past his son who was waiting on the dock with a camera.  The son was then going to take a picture of O1 boat so he could later evaluate the position of the motor on the boat when at cruising speed.  O1 made his way south and recalled there being no other boats on the water.  As O1 neared the south end of Turnaround point, he was traveling approximately 100 feet from the west bank, he started making his U-turn to the left (eastward turn).  O1 almost completed his turn but then saw another boat approaching his path of travel.  O1 tried to swerve his boat quickly right to avoid a collision but the boats were moving too fast.  O1's boat impacted on the port side of his boat against the starboard side of the other boat (Boat 2 (B2).  O1 said his boat became airborne for a brief period causing him to be ejected and tossed into the water.  O1 said he likely impacted the dash or the side of the boat as he was ejected causing the pain to his back and knee.  O1 claimed there were no other boats on the water and he made appropriate actions to scan the lake for any incoming boats and concluded the other boat (B2) must have been traveling at speeds around 50 MPH for it to enter that area so quickly.  After the collision, O1 recalled surfacing to the water and seeing B2 continue "full throttle" and heard a female voice in the boat saying, "stop" repeatedly.  O1 also said the operator of boat 2 (O2) did not make any effort to provide assistance to O1.  Following the evaluation of B1 it was noticed that the port side was scuffed and the rubber molding running along the gunwhale had been peeled off the boat.  There were also small cracks in the fiberglass but no other structural damage.  

Officers interviewed the operator of boat 2 (O2).  O2 told officers he was driving his boat south through the channel after leaving Robie Creek.  O2 noticed a boat traveling the same direction several hundred feet ahead of him.  O2 claimed he was traveling approximately 20-25 MPH.  As B2 came closer to B1, he maneuvered his boat to the left side (east) to overtake the boat.  As O2 and B1 came to the south side of Turnaround Point, B1 began to make a u-turn.  O2 said he saw the vessel begin to make the turn to the left while he was approximately 50 yards behind B1.  O2 did not back off the throttle instead maneuvered closer to the left bank.  O2 said that O1 made visual contact with his boat but continued to make the u-turn regardless.  As B1 continued to make the u-turn, O2 did not have further room to avoid a collision and B1 struck B2.

Boise                         