RedactedNarrative: During the week of July 20-July 30, 2015, Trooper received multiple reports that a boat had crashed and hit a sea wall at the mouth of Bear Branch on Smith Lake and was left there unoccupied, but was not notified by a law enforcement dispatch.  According to the wrecker driver, a family member of the boat owner contacted him to remove the vessel from the property.  Subject indicated that Operator was driving the boat at the time of impact to the sea wall.  Subject also stated the parties involved knew the property owner and would contact them for repairing the sea wall and damages.  Upon interviewing the scene on July 24, the property owner  had not been notified by involved parties and located two half gallon bottles of Seagrams #7 whiskey in his trash can that was not his.  As of July 30, 2015 Marine Patrol or any other law enforcement agency had not been notified by the involved parties.  On July 30, 2015 at 1330 hours Troopers interviewed Operator, and he admitted to driving the vessel upon impact to the sea wall and not notifying authorities.   The operator stated that he misjudged the shoreline.  The two passengers were interviewed on August 1, 2015.  One passenger was taken to Cullman Hospital and treated for a broken pelvis in two different spots.  The case will be turned over to the Winston County District Attorney's Office for further review.
   