RedactedNarrative: PRELUDE: 
  ON LAKE JAMES, TWO BOATS WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN DAMAGES TO THE BOATS AND A DOCK. A REPORT WAS TAKEN.
  INVOLVED PERSONS:
  OPERATOR/ BOAT 1
  OPERATOR/ VICTIM BOAT 2
  DOCK OWNER/ VICTIM 2
  DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION/INCIDENT:
  ON JUNE 18TH, 2022, AT 5:12 P.M., I, INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER AND OFFICER 2 WAS NOTIFIED BY STEUBEN SHERIFF DEPARTMENT DISPATCH CENTER OF A BOATING ACCIDENT ON LAKE JAMES IN STEUBEN COUNTY. I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AT 5:30 P.M. WHERE I MET UP WITH INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER 2. I SPOKE WITH THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. OPERATOR OF BOAT 1 WHO CAUSED THE CRASH. VICTIM OF BOAT 2 WHO WAS HIT WITH DAMAGES TO HIS BOAT & OWNER OF MARINA, WHO HAD DAMAGES TO HIS DOCK. 
  THROUGH MY INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE FOLLOWING EVENT TO OCCUR. OP1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO DOCK HIS BOAT ON MARINA. HE TRIED TO EXTEND HIS ARMS OUT TO AN EMPLOYEE WHEN HIS KNEE HIT THE BOAT THROTTLE. THIS MOVED HIS BOAT FORWARD AND ON TOP OF OP2’S BOAT. OP2 WAS TIED UP TO DRY DOCK MARINA WHEN BOAT 1 STRUCK THE REAR END OF HIS BOAT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGES TO BOAT 1, BOAT 2 AND THE DOCK. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, OWNER OF MARINA CALLED 911. NO ONE WAS REPORTED INJURED. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, AND VISIBILITY WAS CLEAR. NO EVIDENCE WAS SEIZED. PHOTOS AND VIDEOS WERE TAKEN.
  ATTACHMENTS:
  39 PICTURES AND 2 VIDEOS ON I-DRIVE
  1 BOAT CRASH REPORT
  CURRENT DISPOSITION: 
  SUBMITTED TO DISTRICT 2 CHAIN OF COMMANDS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL
  