RedactedNarrative: On July 6, 2019 at approximately 2230 hours I, Corporal with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division (DNR LED) Critical Incident Reconstruction Team (CIRT) was notified of a serious vessel incident in Stephens County on Lake Hartwell.  I was informed there were two vessels involved and one person was deceased.  
  
  The area on Lake Hartwell where the incident occurred is known as Eastanolle Creek.  I arrived on scene at approximately 2400 hours.  The area I responded to was a private boat landing in Eastanolle Creek where both vessels were located.  
  
  The two vessels involved were a 2007 Tracker jon boat (Vessel 1) with Georgia registration GA 0923 DV hull Identification number BUJ69526I708 and a 2007 Tahoe ski boat (Vessel 2) with GA registration GA 6651 EE hull identification number BUJC92TXB707.  I was informed there had been two occupants on board Vessel 1 and four occupants onboard Vessel 2.  
  
  The operator of Vessel 1, Operator1, had been located deceased in the water with his right shirt sleeve snagged on the propeller of Vessel 1.  The other occupant of Vessel 1, V1 occupant, had been pulled from the lake unharmed by the occupants of Vessel 2.  V1 occupant, a juvenile, had been allowed to leave the scene before I arrived.  
  
  The operator of Vessel 2, Operator2, was still on scene.  Two additional occupants of Vessel 2 were still on scene when I arrived. a juvenile, who had been on Vessel 2 had been allowed to leave the scene before I arrived.  
  
  Operator2 had performed a preliminary breath test and there was no trace of alcohol detected during the test.  Additionally, there were no indications of impairment with any of the occupants on Vessel 2.  Officers on scene told me witnesses stated there appeared to be beer cans floating in the lake.  I observed the navigation lights were functioning properly on Vessel 2.  
  
  I asked Operator2 what happened and Operator2 said he had been driving his vessel down the creek channel at idle speed. Operator2 said when he reached the area where the lake opened wider he sped up.  Operator2 said seconds after he sped up he struck Vessel 1.  Operator2 said he did not see Vessel 1.  Vessel 1 had no navigational lights mounted on it.  Operator2 said after striking Vessel 1 that the occupants in his vessel pulled V1 occupant from the lake and they searched the area for any additional occupants. Operator2 said they searched until his vessel ran out of gas.  While talking to Operator2, I detected no signs of impairment.  I informed Operator2 that DNR LED would be seizing his vessel as evidence.  Vessel 1 was then loaded onto a wrecker and Vessel 2 was trailered.  I left the scene while DNR LED Officers towed Vessel 2 to the Stephens County Jail impound lot. The wrecker carried Vessel 1 to the same location.
  
  Two beers were located in the cooler in Vessel 1.  No alcohol was located in Vessel 2.  
  
  Vessel 2 struck Vessel 1 on the port side adjacent to the driver's seat, and traveled directly across the driver's seat through the starboard side of Vessel 1.  
  
  