On June 1, 2013, I, Ranger, received a call from Bartow 911 pertaining to a PWC (personal watercraft) incident in the area of Wilderness Camp Marina at approximately 1423 hours.  DNR Intern and I were on vessel patrol on Allatoona Lake and responded by vessel to the Wilderness Camp Marina.  Upon arrival, we were waved over to the location of where the two PWC's were pulled into a boat slip at Wilderness Camp Marina.  The operators and passengers of the PWC's were all on location, with one of the passengers having a back injury.  The injured occupant was laying faced down in a pontoon boat complaining of a back injury.  The operator of the pontoon vessel saw the end of the collision and went over to the accident scene to assist with the injured.  The pontoon operator loaded Victim into his vessel and pulled into a boat slip at Wilderness Camp Marina. A witness statement from one occupant from the pontoon is attached in attachements.   After making sure Victim was not in a life threatening position and no one else was missing from the incident, I began gathering information from the PWC's operators and passengers.  The vessel operator of vessel 1 explained that he was coming into the no wake zone area of Wilderness Camp Marina when he began to slow down to idle speed.  The operator of vessel 2 was following behind vessel 1.  Operator1 was not aware of vessel 1 slowing down and collided with that vessel ejecting the passenger on vessel 1.  It appeared that Victim was struck in the back by vessel 2.  Victim was treated by Bartow County Fire and EMS and transported to Cartersville Medical Center for further treatment.  Vessel 1 had an estimated damage of $1500.  Vessel 2 had no estimated amount of damage.  Another witness statement and diagram from occupant of vessel 2 is attached in attachments.
CARTERSVILLE