RedactedNarrative: On 06/18/2021 at approximately 1900 hours, I was contacted by Young Harris boat rental, in reference to one of their wave runner's involvement in a boating incident. The damaged vessel is a 2017 Yamaha Wave runner displaying Georgia Registration number GA 0552 UC. 
  
       	Upon my arrival to Lake Club Marina, I met with the person who reserved and paid for the rental of the above wave runner. As I spoke to Subject, he advised he was not operating the wave runner when it was damaged. Subject informed me that a relative of his was operating the above vessel. Subject stated he was operating a different wave runner and "thinks" Operator struck something in the mouth of Beaver Dam Creek. Subject was very vague about how the vessel was damaged. 
  
  	As Operator arrived at the marina, she confirmed she was operating the above vessel earlier this date. Operator too was very vague about how the vessel was damaged. During my interview with Operator, she stated that she did not even realize she struck something while operating the vessel. At this point in the interview, I told Operator there was no way she did not know what she hit due to the extensive damage to the hull and fresh dirt transfer on the side of the vessel (which was above the waterline). 
  
  	Due to my training and experience of over twenty-seven years in investigating vessel and automobile crashes, she was not being honest on how the vessel was damaged. Operator could not provide any location to the whereabouts to where the vessel was damaged in Lake Oconee. 
  
  	While inspecting the wave runner's damage to the hull, I observed non-processed wood stuck in the stressed cracks of the hull. I also observed an approximate 12" by 12" square portion of the fiberglass hull missing due to the striking of the wood object (see photos). 
  
  	It is my professional opinion that the above damaged vessel driven by Operator was driven into standing timber, and the wood that was removed from the damaged wave runner was consistent with the striking of standing timber. 
  
  	No diagram of the incident could be drawn due to the lack of cooperation given by Operator in order to complete my investigation.
  