On Sunday June 9th, 2013, I received a call from RFC in reference to a boat incident that happened the previous night.  No injuries were reported in the incident.  I called the people involved in the incident later that day to find out where the boats were located so I could get the information from them and take pictures.  Operator2 stated him and his family were on their pontoon boat on the southeast side of Six Mile Creek Bridge at about 9:30 pm on Saturday June 8th.  Operator2 had his wife, two sons, and the family dog on board his vessel.  He said his sons are 7 and 9 years old and they both were wearing their life jackets at the time of the incident. He said they had just went out for a little bit and were going to let his sons swim some.  He stated that he was barely moving when his vessel was struck by Operator1's vessel.  He stated Operator1 stopped to check on them and make sure they were okay.  Operator2 stated they exchanged information.  Operator1 stated he was cruising toward Six Mile Creek Bridge and looking straight ahead and did not see Operator2's vessel until the last second.  He said he turned hard to the right and struck Operator2's outboard engine.  No one was injured during the incident.  I checked Operator2' vessel on Sunday June 9th and the navigation lights were working.  I gave Operator2 a witness statement form and asked him to fill it out and told him that he could scan it and email back to me because he had somewhere to be at the time I was talking to him.  I have not received the witness statement from him yet.  Both Operator2 and Operator1 have been cooperative during the investigation.  I took pictures of both vessels on June 9th.
CUMMING