RedactedNarrative: On Sunday August 11, 2019 at approximately 1520 hours I, Game Warden and my field training officer, Game Warden, were patrolling Lake Mead in the Las Vegas Boat Harbor Marina. A white male adult operating a Personal Watercraft (PWC), Nevada bow numbers contacted us over at the courtesy dock stating he had just been in a boat accident with another vessel.
  
  I conducted a field interview with Operator1 in which he stated that he was operating the PWC between 10-20 MPH when he noticed a boat in front of him too late to turn out of the way and collided with the port stern. Operator1 said the bow of his PWC went up over the port gunwale of the boat and slid off the stern. He returned to the scene to exchange information when he noticed that there were 3 empty bottles of an alcoholic beverage in a five-gallon bucket. The two vessels then returned to the courtesy dock at Las Vegas Boat Harbor at which time Operator1 contacted Game Warden and me stating he had collided with another vessel. Operator1 did take fault in the accident stating that he had failed to notice the stand-on vessel and had failed to take action to avoid collision. Operator1 was in violation of NRS 488.540 Inland U.S. Coast Guard Navigational Rules and Regulations Rules 8 and 16-Action to Avoid Collision. 
  
       I then conducted a field interview with Operator2 in which he stated that he was operating his vessel between 10-20 MPH and saw two PWC''s coming from left to right on his port side. The first PWC avoided his vessel and the second one hit his port side and went up and over the gunwale and slid off of the stern of the boat. They then exchanged information and returned to the courtesy dock to better document the accident.
  
       I began to photograph the damage that was done to the PWC Nevada vessel. The damage to the vessel was on the bottom of the hull showing it was a head on collision as stated and there were skid marks on the starboard side of the hull showing that it slid off the side of the gunwale. The estimated total damage to the PWC was $600. I began to document the damage that the other Nevada vessel had sustained to the port stern of the vessel. The vessel sustained fiberglass damage to the port side of the vessel and scuffs on the stern of the vessel. This damage showing the PWC, bow numbers, colliding with the port of the vessel and coming up and over the gunwale sliding off the stern of the vessel. The estimated total damage of the vessel was believed to be $2000.
  
       After interviewing both parties I was able to determine that Operator1 operating Nevada vessel was V1 colliding with V2 Nevada Vessel operated by Operator2. Operator1 failed to take action as the give way vessel to avoid collision which caused the two vessels to collide and the damage to both vessels. After informing Operator1 of his violation I issued him a citation for rule 8 of the Inland U.S. Coast Guard Navigational Rules and Regulations.
  