RedactedNarrative: On May 14, 2022 at approximately 1500 hours, I (Cpl. with DNR - Law Enforcement) received a call from Fannin County Dispatch that a PWC had collided with a Pontoon boat at Lakewood boat ramp on Blue Ridge Lake. I responded to the Lakewood boat ramp parking lot and met with Sgt. of the Fannin County Sheriff's Office. Sgt. identified the pontoon boat that was involved and it's owner. He also identified the PWC and it's operator, according to witnesses. 
  
  The owner of the pontoon, VESSEL (V01: TRACKER MARINE GROUP / 2017 / 22 F / BLACK / GA0494PW ) was identified. The operator of the PWC, VESSEL (V02: BOMBARDIER CANADA / 2018 / 11 F / ORANGE / GA0603TC ) was identified, with his only passenger being a juvenile. The PWC is a rental from Blue Ridge Boat Rentals. Subject1 signed for and rented the PWC, according to the rental agreement. 
  
  Operator1 said that he docked his pontoon boat at the curtesy dock, next to Lakewood boat ramp. He went to get his truck and trailer to back it down the ramp when an orange PWC "came up at a high rate of speed" and hit the starboard side of the outboard motor of the moored pontoon. The pontoon was stationary, tied to the dock, and didn't have anyone on it. He saw the operator drop off a passenger. Operator1 exchanged words with the operator, Operator2, before Operator2 drove off without stopping to address the vessel collision. 
  
  Operator2 said that he was trying to drop his passenger off but he turned the PWC off in an effort to stop the PWC. He said that he has been turning the PWC off in order to stop. He said that the previous times that he stopped the PWC by turning it off, it kept going a little ways as the water pushed it forward. Operator2 said the he was approximately 10 feet away from the pontoon boat before he realized he needed to stop. Operator2 turned off the PWC and it continued towards the pontoon and struck it's motor. After the collision, Operator2 dropped his passenger off and then left to go and get a different passenger. A while later, Operator2 returned to Lakewood boat ramp with a different passenger. Operator2 said he had not completed a boating education course or any boating training. 
  
  I observed damage on the starboard side of the black Mercury, four stroke motor, that was on the pontoon boat. There was damage located near the bottom of the cowling and just below the cowling. The fiberglass had been smashed to the point where the damaged area showed the white fiberglass instead of the smooth, black finish. 
  
  I observed damage and paint transfer on the bow and starboard side of the PWC. At the bow, I could see scuff marks on the black, hard plastic of the PWC. I saw a gouge in the black fiberglass that is just bigger than a Quarter and it was located on the starboard side, just above the number 3 of its registration (GA0603TC). Further down the starboard side, I observed tears in the "SEA DOO" sticker that was located under the rub rail. There was a tear in the D and in the E. I saw black paint transfer the E and again near the stern of the PWC on the GTI label and just under the HIN of the PWC. I saw two scratches in the orange sticker near the GTI label as well.  
  
  Blue Ridge Boat Rental advised that they take pictures of their vessels before they are rented. They showed me their before pictures of the Orange PWC and I observed that the Quarter sized gouge, located above the number 3 of its registration was visible in the before picture. The rental agreement that was signed stated "the equipment will be operated by the renters named in this agreement" and "renter will not allow any person under the age of 25" to operate the watercraft. 
  
  