RedactedNarrative: Vessel #1 (V1) – 1973, 17’ Kachina Custom Jet-Style Boat w/1 Oldsmobile Inboard Gasoline Engine – 380 HP 
  
  Vessel #2 (V2) – 1978, 21’ XMG PIGPR Open Motorboat w/1 Ford Inboard Gasoline Engine – HP Unknown
  
  On 07/21/2019, at about 05:00 p.m., these two vessels were operating on the Snohomish River near the Lincoln Avenue boat launch, located near Snohomish, WA in Snohomish county.
  
  According to Law Enforcement, they were contacted by the Operator of V2, Operator2, who’s vessel was on its trailer and out of the water.  Operator2 told Officers that he and two occupants had been cruising at the above location.  He indicated that one of the occupants, V2 subject1, was sitting in the bow of V2’s seating area when V1, operated by Operator1, came across their bow narrowly missing V2 subject1 (V2 subject1 was actually brushed by V1 as it crossed over V2’s bow).  Operator2 stated that V1 was moving at a high speed to the point that it launched off of the bow of his boat (V2) when it crossed over.
  
  V2 subject1 indicated that the operator of V1 gave them a false name.  The operator of V2, Operator2, said he looked at Facebook and found Operator1 and identified him as the boat owner/operator of V1. 
  
  On 07/24/2019, one of the officers checked Facebook and located Operator1.  
  
  On 07/26/2019, officers were able to contact Operator1 at his address.  He acknowledged having a new boat and being involved in the collision the previous weekend.  Officers told Operator1 that they were investigating this incident (at this point) as a hit and run boating collision as he had left when law enforcement was called and did not report his part of the crash itself.  Operator1 wrote a brief statement that indicated “Both of us” were “cruising” upriver at the same speed.  His statement also said that the other boater came to a “sudden” stop and that the wake from the other boat pulled Operator1’s boat over and that he could not do anything to avoid it. 
  
  On 08/01/2019, officers met with Operator2 (V2).  He turned over completed statements from himself, V2 subject1 and subject2.  Officers read the statement forms which indicated that Operator1 (V1) tried to get Operator2 (V2) to race him while on the river.  Other un-named witnesses saw beer cans and garbage being thrown into the river by the occupants of V1.  
  
  Law Enforcement indicated, that based on this incident and subsequent investigation, it was apparent that Operator1 (V1) attempted to avoid contact with the police during the night of the collision.  He gave a false name and not his real name.  He refused to give information to the other boat owner (V2).  Operator1 also left the area and did not call 911 to report his part of the collision.
  
  Based on the actions of Operator1 (V1) during 07/21/2019, officers believe that Operator1 was operating his boat in a reckless manner.  This is based on the type of damage to Operator2’s boat (V2) and how it was operating earlier in the day prior to the collision.  This would be Operation of a Vessel in a Reckless Manner (RCW 79A.60.040).
  
  The Revised Codes of Washington involving boat operations has a boating hit and run with injury as a criminal charge, but not for non-injury.  Refusing to give accident information to law enforcement is an infraction.
  
  A copy of the Police Report will be sent to the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office for review of Operation of a Vessel in a Reckless Manner.
   
  0 Injuries 
  0 Fatalities
  Alcohol or Drug Involvement Unknown
  V1 – No Damage Reported
  V2 – Total Loss - Damage Estimated at $10,000     
  Neither Operator was Wearing a PFD
  Both Operators have a Mandatory Boater Education Card
  