RedactedNarrative: On May 24th at approximately 16:43, I received a call of a boating accident on the first basin of Lake James between a PWC (personal watercraft) and a pontoon boat. I was advised the parties involved would be at the Potawatomi Inn boat rental docks. I responded from the Pokagon State Park office and arrived at 16:48.
  
  On my arrival, I found a maroon and white pontoon boat(IN1901BH) involved in the accident docked near the shoreline of the north rental dock. The operator of the PWC(Operator1) was tending to her 12 year old daughter who was experiencing pain to her right upper arm and her right upper leg. I radioed to Steuben County Dispatch to send an ambulance to the location at 16:50 for Victim. 
  
  Victim was crying and stated her right arm and right leg hurt. She said she had no other pain in any other areas. There was no obvious indication of a fracture, and she had a 4' laceration to the back of her right upper arm that was bleeding very little. We kept Victim still and covered her with towels to keep her warm until EMS arrived.
  
  I spoke to the operator of the PWC, Operator1, who stated they had just left the sandbar headed west towards Lone Tree Point. Her daughter Victim, and their small dog were on the PWC. The dog was between Operator1 and Victim as Operator1 operated the PWC. Operator1 stated that she was turned and assisting to secure the dog to insure it did not fall from the vessel. When she looked back in front of the PWC, she saw the pontoon boat in front of her and turned left to avoid a collision with the pontoon boat. She was unable to avoid a collision and the starboard pontoon of the boat struck the starboard side of the PWC midway back the PWC. Operator1 advised she was traveling 20-25 mph prior to the collision. They were thrown from the PWC which capsized, remaining inverted, floating in the water. The operator of the pontoon boat then pulled them onto his boat, called 911 and headed for Pokagon.
  
  I spoke to the operator of the pontoon boat. He stated that he was eastbound at approximately 25 mph about 150 yards off the north shore. He saw a PWC approaching him from the west, traveling west-northwest into the path of his vessel. He stated that he slowed his pontoon and began to turn to the starboard side to avoid the collision. He stated the operator was looking behind her and looked up just before the collision. The PWC turned sharply in front of his pontoon to the port side and his starboard pontoon struck the PWC on the starboard side. He then pulled the occupants of the PWC into his boat, called 911 and headed into the docks at Pokagon State Park.
  
  The pontoon boat(IN1901BH) had damage to the starboard bow. The rail on the corner was damaged and there was blue colored transfer from the collision to that area, consistent to the color on the PWC. There was damage to the starboard pontoon. the front of the pontoon was crushed in approximately 6" and the bracket on the pontoon which fastened the pontoon to the deck was bent out of shape. The operator stated he also lost his prescription eyeglasses into the lake as a result of the collision.
  
  The PWC(IN3506BW) was up righted and towed to the north side of the Potawatomi Inn beach by an unknown boater. The PWC had cracked damage to the blue fiberglass hull below the rub rail just forward of midway on the starboard side. There was no other apparent damage to the PWC. 
  
  Alcoholic beverages were not consumed by either operator, and was not a factor in the accident.
   