RedactedNarrative: ON MAY 22, 2022, I, INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER WAS ON BOAT PATROL ON MONROE RESERVOIR WITH INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER 2.  WE WERE AT THE FOUR WINDS MARINA AND RESORT DOCKS WHEN THE MANAGER OF THE BOAT DOCKS INFORMED US OF A BOAT CRASH THAT HAD OCCURRED THE WEEK PRIOR, ON MAY 15.  SHE CLAIMED THAT A HOUSEBOAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE DOCKS TO GO OUT TO THE LAKE WHEN IT COLLIDED INTO THE STERN OF ANOTHER HOUSEBOAT THAT WAS UNOCCUPIED AND TIED AT ITS DOCK.  WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE STATIONARY BOAT.
  OFFICER 2 AND I PROCEEDED TO THE DOCKS WHERE THE CRASH OCCURRED.  WE LOCATED BOTH WATERCRAFTS INVOLVED AND INSPECTED EACH FOR SIGNS OF DAMAGE.  THE SUSPECT BOAT, OWNED BY OWNER 1 AND OPERATED BY OP1 AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH, HAD VERY MINOR SCRATCHES ON THE HULL IN THE BOW.  THE VICTIM BOAT, OWNED BY OWNER 2, HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE STERN SWIM DECK.  THE DECK WAS CRACKED AND BROKEN ON THE PORT SIDE, AND THE HANDRAILS SUPPORTING THE DECK WERE BENT AND HAD DISLODGED FROM THE MAIN DECK OF THE BOAT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.  THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE BILGE SURROUNDING THE ENGINE, INDICATING THAT THERE WAS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE THAT RESULTED IN A WATER LEAK.  OWNER 1 AND OP1 LEFT A NOTE ON THE PILOT HOUSE NEAR THE HELM OF THE DAMAGED BOAT ADMITTING TO FAULT AND THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.
  OFFICER 2 AND I CONTACTED BOTH OWNERS AND THE SOLE OPERATOR, OP1, FOR STATEMENTS AND TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR A REPORT.  OWNER 1 AND OP1 EACH STATED THE BOAT WAS NEWLY PURCHASED AND THAT OP1 WAS DRIVING THE VESSEL AND LOST CONTROL OF THE THROTTLE WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLISION.  NEITHER OF THEM WAS INJURED.  OWNER 2 STATED THAT SHE WAS ALREADY AWARE OF THE CRASH AND CLAIMED THERE WAS NO ONE ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.  THERE WERE NO CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED.
  