V1 WAS A HIT AND RUN VESSEL, DESCRIBED AS AN OLDER MODEL WHITE CUDDY CABIN I/O IN POOR CONDITION, OCCUPIED BY THREE MALES. THE DEBRIS FIELD AND PAINT TRANSFER INDICATES THAT V1 WAS POSSIBLY INBOUND ON THE MIDDLE RIVER, HEADED TOWARDS FEDERAL HIGHWAY WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK V2, WHICH WAS SUSPENDED ABOVE THE RIVER ON DAVITS. IT APPEARS THE THE STARBOARD SIDE OF V1 STRUCK THE PORT SIDE OF V2 APPROXIMATELY MIDSHIP AND FORCED IT UP ONTO THE BACKYARD LAWN. IT ALSO APPEARED THAT V1 STRUCK THE CONCRETE BASE OF THE FORWARD DAVIT, THEN BACKED UP AND CONTINUED INBOUND TOWARD FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND WILTON MANORS, LEAVING BEHIND THE ANCHOR, ANCHOR LINE AND A CONCRETE BLOCK. THE VICTIM SAW THE CULPRITS AS THEY LEFT THE SCENE REFUSING TO STOP, HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE VESSEL AFTER THEY DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE TO THEIR VESSEL. THE VICTIM ALSO STATED THAT HE BELIEVES V1 SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND THAT THE OCCUPANTS MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED, BUT THERE WAS NO DEFINITIVE PROOF OF THIS. I CHECKED WITH WILTON MANORS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A REPORT OF AN EARLIER VESSEL ACCIDENT OR INJURED PERSON, WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS, AND I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SUSPECT VESSEL IN THE AREA.
FORT LAUDERDALE               