RedactedNarrative: On May 19th the victim, Operator1, was at parties spending the day on Lake Marion on PWC’s and on the dock at the residence.  Witnesses state that they witnessed Operator1 consume alcohol in their presence at the residence; Operator1 is under the age of 21.  Furthermore all statements collected advice that the others only had a 12 pack of beer between them; this is untrue and can be proven by the video collected from the Lakeside Market in Summerton, SC.  
  
  At approx 1900hrs Operator2 and Operator1, were both operating separate PWC’s in the area of Taw Caw landing.  Operator2’s statement advises that Operator1 was operating her PWC to his right hand side and that she throttled up her PWC and turned in front of him.  
  
  The statement also advises that Operator2 PWC came in contact with Operator1’s PWC; at the point of collision Operator2 PWC hit Operator1 PWC on the front right side, went over the handle bars, and exited on the left rear side. This can be shown by the damage done to the PWC operated by Operator1; the path of travel of Operator2 PWC is from the front starboard side over the handle bars and exits the PWC on the rear Port side.   
  
  The contributing factors to this boating fatality are; Operator2 failed to Keep a Proper Lookout while operating his PWC (USCG Rule 5), Failed to maintain a Safe Speed while operating his PWC (USCG Rule 6), Failure to determine if a Risk of Collision was present (USCG Rule 7), and Failure to take Action to Avoid a Collision (USCG Rule 8).