RedactedNarrative: On the night of july 30, 2022 at approximately 9:45pm, vessel 1 was cruising at an estimated speed of 15-20 mph on belews lake.  The operator stated that he was traveling back towards the pine hall boat ramp with his wife and child.  He stated that he was operating with his proper navigation lights and could see the lights from the boat ramp in the distance.  Suddenly, the vessel collided with an object that he nor his passengers claimed they saw.  He turned his boat around and realized they had collided with another vessel, vessel 2. 
  
   The operator stated that when he turned his vessel around to check on the other vessel, their navigation lights were then on.  He recalled seeing a stern light that was very low on the vessel.  As he approached the vessel, he could see that it looked like an older bass boat with two occupants on board.  A male operator and female passenger.  The female passenger started cursing at vessel 1.  Vessel 1 operator stated that he asked about any injuries on vessel 2 and the passengers stated that everyone was fine.  Vessel 1 operator said that he could not see their navigation lights prior to the collision. 
  
   Vessel 1 operator told vessel 2 operator that they should go back to the boat ramp and contact the game warden who he had seen at the boat ramp earlier in the day.  According to vessel 1 operator, the response was that there was no need to do that as everyone was ok.
  
  Vessel 1 was unable to gather much identifying features on vessel 2 due to the vessel continuing to slowly operate away from his direction and the darkness of night provided limited visibility.  Operator 1 proceeded on to the boat ramp to assess any damages.  There was damage to the vessel's port side.  Damage included slight gouging into the aluminum, paint transfer marks, scuff marks and damage to the vessel's rub rail.
  
  At the ramp, there were only a few vehicles with trailers.  Vessel 1 operator found a vehicle and trailer that he believed belonged to vessel 2 and took pictures of the identifying information.
  
  With limited information on what contributed to the incident and the lack of information from vessel 2, the cause is undetermined.  Officers are continuing to investigate and attempting to track down information on vessel 2.
  
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