RedactedNarrative: At approximately 1540 on Saturday September 12, 2020, I, Game Warden, was returning to Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe, when I saw a boat being towed onto the beach. I asked what was going on and one of the Sand Harbor lifeguards said the operator had hit the rocks on the point and had been ejected from the boat. 
  
  The boat operator was identified as Operator of Incline Village. North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District medical team was on scene waiting for a separate injury not related to this incident. The Fire Captain, and another medic looked at Operator to make sure he was not injured. 
  
  Operator had a small scrape on his right forearm, but otherwise, was not injured. Operator denied transport to the hospital. Washoe County Sheriff Deputy, was also on scene and asked Operator if he would like to take a voluntary preliminary breath test to show he had not been drinking at the time of the crash. Operator said he had been sober for 10 years and agreed to voluntarily take the test. The PBT showed a blood alcohol level of 0.00. I did not see any evidence of drugs or alcohol on board the boat. 
  
  I asked Operator if he would give me a voluntary statement and he asked that I transcribe what he could recount of the crash. (The contact and interview with Operator on 09/12/2020 was audio-recorded and stored with the Nevada Department of Wildlife.) Not in the order of discussion, but in the order of the day's events, here is a summary of what Operator told me he could recount from the day.
  
   At approximately 2:30pm, Operator got on his boat by himself that is kept on a buoy at Lake Shore Terrace in Crystal Bay. Operator drove the boat across the bay to the Big Beach side of Sand Harbor and stopped approximately ¾ of a mile offshore. Operator sat with the boat turned off and made a few phone calls. Operator decided to head home at approximately 3:10 pm. Operator was travelling in a Northwest Direction toward Crystal Bay at approximately 65 miles per hour when the bottom of the boat struck a rock just under the surface of the water. The boat pitched toward the starboard side and he was thrown off the starboard side of the boat, breaking the side windshield of the vessel. Operator flipped through the air multiple times and landed in the water. Operator states he did not lose consciousness and was not wearing a life jacket. The boat continued travelling for a few minutes and came to a stop on it's own. Operator said while he was treading water, he noticed he was inside the Coastguard Hazard buoy Z that marks Sand Point. 
  
  A nearby boat saw the collision and picked up Operator. Operator recalled the boat that picked him up had been a rental and one of the people on board works as a firefighter in Lodi California. The firefighter assessed Operator and advised him to see a doctor. The assisting vessel towed Operator's boat to Sand Harbor. Operator did not get the name of anyone on the assisting boat and they had left when I arrived to Sand Harbor.
  
  Damage to the vessel included a large scrape in the fiberglass on the bottom of the hull, damage to the skeg and propeller and the starboard side windshield broken out.