On june 19, 2010 at approximately 4:30 pm, officer called me by phone and advised me that a boat accident had occurred on hyco lake.  Sgt  and i patrolled to the hyco lake ranger office to meet with the parties involved.  We arrived around 5:30pm.  Operator2 gave a written statement of what had happened.  He was advised of his miranda rights before we arrived by the person/caswell lake authority.  He reported that there were five kids and four adults including himself on his vessel  will be vessel 2 for purposes of this report.  The other vessel will ve vessel 1 for purposes of this report.  Vessel 2 was cruising on the lake near dock 136.  Operator2 reported he was accelerating the vessel and trimming the motor down at the same time.  Because his motor was not trimmed down properly, the bow was rising high in the air and vessel 2 was not planing out.  Operator2 reported he saw vessel 1 in the path of his vessel so he turned hard to the left.  Operator2 also reported several of the kids on his vessel were blocking his view and that is why he didn't see vessel 1 sooner.  Operator2 did not turn soon enough and vessel 2 made contact with vessel 1.  

Vessel 1 was not in motion at the time and the motor was off.  The right side of vessel 2 collided with the left rear corner of vessel 1.  After the collision, operator2 turned vessel 2 around and drove up to vessel 1 where he exchanged names and personal information with the occupants of vessel 1.  Vessel 1 then went to the hyco lake authority to report the collision around 4:10 pm.  The hyco lake authority made contact with operator2 and asked him to drive his boat to the hyco lake ranger office and he complied.  After speaking with the parties involved, i photographed both vessel and inspected them for safety equipment.  Both vessels had their required safety equipment onboard, with the exception of several life jackets missing on vessel 2.  Operator2 reported the kids on vessel 2 took their life jackets off and left them at his dock.  The fiberglass wall on vessel 1 was bent in several places, particularly around the left rear corner.  Both the stern wall and the left side wall had large dents and were warped in several spots.  The top aluminum rail on the left rear corner was warped and scratched.  The aluminum door on the right portion of the stern would not open, possibly as a result of the aluminum rails being bent.  Vessel 2 also received damage as a result of the collision.  I observed several scuffs and scratches on the right side of vessel 2.  They were about 4 feet in length.  There were also a couple spots where the fiberglass appeared to be chipped on the scratches of vessel 2.  No charges were filed in this matter.  Nothing further at this time.
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