On 05-27-2013 at approximately 12:49 P.M., I CPO received a cell call from CPO requesting I phone a Corp of Engineer  (COE) employee reference a boat accident at Lithia Springs Marina.

I phoned COE employee and was advised the COE patrol boat had been struck by another watercraft and there was damage to the COE boat.  Nobody was injured but a boat accident report was requested.

CPO and I were on boat patrol on Lake Shelbyville.  We went to Lithia Springs Marina gas dock and made contact with the individuals involved in the boat accident.  The COE boat was tied to the gas dock when another watercraft approached.  The operator of the approaching houseboat did not turn his houseboat in time to avoid making contact with the gas dock and the COE boat.  There were no injuries to the gas dock employees, COE personnel or the subjects on board the houseboat.

The operator of the houseboat told me one of his motors did not function properly causing the houseboat not to turn thus making contact with the dock and the COE boat.  Operator1 was very cooperative.  I spoke to the passengers onboard the houseboat.  All of them told me they were not injured.  I looked at the contact point of the houseboat and could not observe any obvious damage.  The houseboat 16 foot wide and 69 foot long constructed of heavy gauge aluminum was not damaged.  Operator1 advised me the marks present on the bow of his houseboat were there prior to the accident.

COE employees were on board the COE baot when it was struck.  Both told me they were not injured.  The COE boat was struck at the transom/motor area.  There were contact marks on the top of the motor and a crack on the top of the transom.  

I completed a preliminary boat accident report on scene.  Operator1 moved his houseboat to his slip F-42 and the COE boat was trailered.  I informed Operator1 and Operator2 I would be providing them with a boat accident report which they are required to complete.  CPO and I resumed boat patrol.
Shelbyville