Operator1 DROVE MOTORBOAT IN TIGHT RIGHT-HAND CIRCLES TO CREATE LARGE WAVES FOR PWC OPERATOR2 AND PASSENGER TO JUMP.  PWC ENTERED AREA AT HIGH SPEED, OPerator2 LET OFF THROTTLE WHEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MOTORBOAT, LOST HIS ABILITY TO STEER, AND COLLLIDED WITH MOTORBOAT.  

Operator2 and occupant WERE EJECTED FROM PWC.  Operator FLEW OVER BOAT, IMPACTING WIND SHIELD WITH RIGHT HIP, SHATTERING WIND SHIELD, AND LANDED ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF MOTOR BOAT.  Occupant WAS INJURED WHEN RIGHT SHIN STRUCK MOTORBOAT.  

IN MOTORBOAT, Operator1 WAS INJURED ON RIGHT SHOULDER UPON SHATTERING OF WIND SHIELD.  NO OTHER INJURES REPORTED ON MOTORBOAT.

INJURED PWC OPERATOR AND PASSENGER BOARDED MOTORBBOAT.  BOTH VESSELS REMAINED OPERABLE.  OPerator1 DROVE PWC WITHOUT PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE BACK TO YORK BOAT LAUNCH.  MOTORBOAT ALSO RETURNED TO YORK BOAT LAUNCH WITH INJURED PWC RIDERS.  

MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE, and PARKS GAME WARDENS AND SGT. WERE ALREADY AT YORK BOAT LAUNCH ON ROUTINE PATROL.  Authorities LEARNED OF INJURIES AND MEDICAL WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.  Authorities BEGAN TO FILL OUT A BOAT INCIDENT REPORT.  Authorities HANDED OUT VOLUNTARY STATEMENTS TO THE INJURED PARTIES

MEDICAL ARRIVED AT YORK BOAT LAUNCH AND TRANSPORTED Operator2 AND his occupant TO ST. PETER''S HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION.  Operator1 REFUSED TREATMENT.  THE NEXT DAY Authorities CALLED Operators AND LEARNED THAT BRUISES WERE THE EXTENT OF INJURIES.

CONTINUING AT YORK BOAT LAUNCH: DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON STARBOARD SIDE OF MOTORBOAT (CRACKED FIBERGLASS) AND ON PWC (SCRAPES ON STARBOARD BUMPER).  Authorities TOOK PHOTOS.  Authorities COLLECTED VESSEL OWNER INFORMATION.   ADDITIONALLY,  PBT BREATHALIZER TESTS WERE GIVEN TO BOTH OPERATORS BY Authorities.  PBT RESULTS WERE ZERO FOR both.  ALCOHOL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR IN THIS CRASH,  subject SAID THE BEER ONBOARD THE MOTORBOAT WAS HERS, AND THAT SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE DRINKING.

UPON COMPLETION OF BOATING INVESTIGATION, CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR RECKLESS/CARELESS OPERATION TO both operators.
Helena                        