On the night of May 29, 2011 at approximately 9:45PM, I responded to a boat accident on Lake Wood in Gonzales County Texas.  I contacted the two parties involved in the accident.   Vessel 1 had 5 passengers in it at the time of the accident.  Vessel 2 had 3 passengers in it at the time of the accident.  The operator of Vessel 1 and the operator of Vessel 2 were both driving their vessels on Lake Wood at night.  When I arrived at the dock where both parties were, I interviewed the operator of each vessel.  Both operators stated that neither one of them were at full throttle.  Both of the vessels had legal lighting for night time operations.  Vessel 1 and Vessel 2 were traveling towards each other on Lake Wood.  When the vessels operators noticed that they were about to hit each other head on, they both turned towards their starboard side away from the other vessel.  

Since they turned at the last minute the two vessels hit each other on their port side.  After the collision both operators turned their motors off and made sure that there weren't any injuries.  After determining that there weren't any injuries, vessel 1 and vessel 2 went to a dock and contacted Gonzales County Sheriff's Office dispatch.  Gonzales County Dispatch then contacted me and informed me of the boating accident.  Captain and I responded to the scene.  The damage to Vessel 1 was the Aluminum Wake Board Tower base was pulled out of the fiberglass hull.  This caused a hole in the fiberglass and considerable spider webbing through out the port side.  The damage to Vessel 2 was a dent on the left side of the bow on the vessel, and a dime sized hole on the bottom of the port side of the vessel. After investigating the accident, I determined that both parties were at fault.  The operators of both vessels failed to maintain a proper lookout.  No alcohol or drugs were used in causing or contributing to the accident.  No citations were issued.

Gonzales                      