Jet ski operator was attempting to beach the jet ski upon the bank near a residential home.  While maneuvering his jet ski he ran into a subject who was floating facedown on a floating pad.  operator explained that the jet ski was operating a a no wake speed and when he tried to steer away from subject, the ski did not respond quickly enough.

    witness, the wife of the driver, witnessed the accident and stated the same chain of events.  All other people that were at this location added that operator was not acting in a irresponsible way and was not horse-playing upon the ski.  operator had his daughter aboard the ski at the time of the accident and she is ten years of age.  

     The jet ski (vessel 1) that operator was operating was a rented jet ski from the Log Country Cove Rental establishment located in Burnet County up the Colorado arm of Lake LBJ.  The make of ski is SeaDoo and bears Texas registration TX 1756 BD and the registration expires 05-2012.  

     No citations were issued as a result of this accident.  operator did state that he had consumed two beers approximately 4-6 hours earlier in the day.  I noticed zero clues HGN and nothing else that would constitute impairment relating to the accident.

Investigator from TPWD completed the report.
Kingsland                     