On wednesday june 1, 2011 at approximately 5:45 p.m., i was flagged down by a witness to a boat crash/accident that had occurred at the fueling station on the lake at lake austin marina, which is located at 2215 westlake drive.  The sequence of events that led up to the boat collision are as follows:

Operator had not winterized or dewinterized his boat from this past winter season and this was the first time he has run his boat.  Operator believed the boat was low on fuel when he put his boat into the water.  As Operator operated his boat down the lake towards the fueling pumps at lake austin marina, the boat shut off/died a couple of times.  Operator explained he was in a hurry to get his chaparral boat to the gas pumps, so as he approached the dock at a fairly high rate of speed the motor shut off again.  Due to Operator's boat coming towards the dock at a fast rate of speed, he hurried to the front of his boat and sat down on the bow of the boat with his feet hanging over the front of the boat to attempt to push off the dock to deflect some of the impact.  As the chaparral approached, the bow of the boat collided with the back right side (starboard) of a jet ski that was already docked up at the marina and then continued in its forward path and the bow of the chaparral struck the dock and directly into the fueling station pump.  On impact, Operator momentum pushed him straight backwards towards the stern and the backside of his right calf was punctured/pemetrated by the cleat on the very front starboard side of his boat.  Operator was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment and received stitches.

I observed the chaparral to have a couple dings in the fiberglass in the hull on the bow of the boat.  The two other passengers that were onboard with Operator were not injured.

The personal watercraft that was involved in the collision did not have any persons onboard at the time the collision took place.  The owner of the pwc and his son did not have any injuries from this incident.  The pwc was identified as a white 1990 yamaha waverunner 3  tx 1335 fr   hin: yaml4215a090.  I observed damage to the back starboard side of the body of the pwc.  Also, i noticed the steering and the tubular jet propulsion unit on the stern of the jet ski was unable to move left or right.

Due to the chaparral colliding with the gas pumping unit, there was a large dent in the side of the unit.

Austin                        