VESSEL 1 WAS A 11" ZODIAC OPEN MOTORBOAT WITH 3 PEOPLE ON BOARD.  OPERATOR AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NORTHBOUND COMING INTO THE COVE FROM THE SOUTH.  ALL THREE OCCUPANTS WERE WAVING AND SHOUTING TO PEOPLE ON THE DOCK AT THE CENTER LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE COVE.  THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING ABOVE A "WAKE SPEED" TOO CLOSE TO A BEACH FREQUENTED BY SWIMMERS AND NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE LOOKING IN THE DIRECTION THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING.  THE VICTIM WAS ON A "FLOATING CHAIR" APPROXIMATELY 50' FROM THE END OF THE CENTER DOCK THAT RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE SHORE.  SINCE NONE OF THE VESSEL OCCUPANTS WERE ACTING AS A LOOKOUT, THE OPERATOR DID NOT SEE THE VICTIM UNTIL SHE YELLED AT HIM.  IT WAS TOO LATE FOR HIM TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION BY REDUCING SPEED OR CHANGING DIRECTION AND THE VESSEL STRUCK THE VICTIM, GOING COMPLETELY OVER HER.  THE VICTIM COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO HER RIGHT SHOULDER AND HAD A 4-5" LONG, DEEP LACERATION TO THE FRONT OF HER RIGHT LOWER SHIN.  THE VESSEL INITIALLY STRUCK HER RIGHT SHOULDER, AS THE VESSEL PASSED OVER HER, THE SKEG STRUCK HER RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING THE VISIBLE INJURY.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDEN TTHE BOAT SLOWED AND CIRCLED BACK TOWARD THE VICTIM.  TWICE, OCCUPANTS OF THE BOAT ASKED HER IF SHE WAS ALRIGHT AND BOTH TIMES SHE RESPONDED SHE WAS NOT ALRIGHT, AND TO COME OVER AND HELP HER.  THE OPERATOR DROVE THE BOAT TO HER AND HE AND ANOTHER OCCUPANT TRIED TO GET HER INTO THE BOAT.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET HER INTO THE BOAT SO SHE HELD ONTO A BLCACK ROPE FROM THE BOAT AND THEY DROVE TOWARD THE SHORE.  SEVERAL WITNESSES ON THE SHORE RESPONDED TO HELP AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE VICTIM ONTO ANOTHER FLOAT/WATER TOY.  THE VICTIM TOLD THE OPERATOR THAT SHE WANTED HIS IDENTIFICATION (LICENSE AND INSURANCE).  THE OPERATOR DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION.  THE VICTIM HEARD SOMEONE YELL TO CALL 911.  THE VICTIM AGAIN ASKED FOR THE OPERATOR'S IDENTIFICATION AND THE OPERATOR REPLIED "IT'S A RENTAL BOAT" AND SPED AWAY FROM THE SCENE, NORTHBOUND.  IT APPEARS THAT THE OPERATOR DROVE DIRECTLY TO HIS RESIDENCE, APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES, TYING THE VESSEL TO THE DOCK IN THE COVE.  WITNESSES ON THE BEACH IN THE COVE SAID THE THREE OCCUPANTS, MALES IN THEIR TEENS, HAD GOTTEN OFF THE BOAT, PARTIALLY COVERED IT WITH A GREY BOAT COVER AND HAD GONE INTO THE HOUSE OF THE OPERATOR. WITNESSES REPORTED THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS NOT WEARING SHIRTS OR PFDS.  FINDING THE VESSEL TIED TO THE DOCK IN THE COVE, THERE WERE NO TYPE I, II OR III PFDS IN THE VESSEL.  THERE WAS A TYPE IV (THROWABLE) ON THE DECK. GAME WARDENS SEIZED THE VESSEL AND HAVE REQUESTED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PURSUE THE FOLLOWING CHARGES AGAINST THE OPERATOR AND THE OPERATOR'S FATHER. 1. NRS 488.400 RECKLESS OPERATION (OPERATOR). 2. NRS 488.540, NAC 488.430 OPERATOR TO MAINTAIN PROPER LOOKOUT (OPERATOR). 3. NRS 488.550, NAC 488.445 COLLISIONS, ACCIDENTS AND OTHER CASUALTIES (OPERATOR). 4. NRS 488.600 UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF A VESSEL:  REDUCED SPPED REQUIRED IN CERTAIN AREAS (OPERATOR, 2 COUNTS). 5. NRS 488.550, NAC 488.445 REPORT CONCERNING CERTAIN OCCURRENCES (OPERATOR AND OPERATOR'S FATHER). 6. NRS 197.090 INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC OFFICER (OPERATOR'S FATHER). 7. NRS 488.165, NAC 488.140 DISPLAY OF UNAUTHORIZED NUMBER OR DECAL PROHIBITED (OPERATOR'S FATHER).  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO DAMAGE WAS ATTAINED TO THE VESSEL.
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