RedactedNarrative: On August 16, 2016, myself and Officer1 were patrolling back from drivers training in Franklin when Officer1 received a message on his phone stating that there had been a boat accident and the person was needing Officer1 to return her call.  Officer1 returned her call and spoke with someone at Bear Lake Reserve.  They stated that there had been a boat accident involving two of their pwc rentals.  
  
  We collected the names of the two operators and responded to Harris Regional Hospital where one of the operators had been transported to by ambulance.  When we got to the hospital, I began to interview Operator2.  He was injured in the right lung area, right knee, right upper arm, and right kidney area.  
  
  I asked him what had happened and he said that Operator1 and him were on vacation with their families and were riding two pwc rentals from Bear Lake Reserve.  They had been jumping each other's wake and spraying each other with water from the pwcs.  Operator2 said that he slowed down to let Operator1 cross in front of him, and Operator1 hit him in the left side.  I then asked him why he was injured on his right side and not his left, he said he was not sure.  He also said that he could not remember much except that he remembered Operator1 heading straight for him.  Operator2 was on several pain medications and was not remembering much beyond that.  Officer1 was interviewing Operator2's mother and she stated that the boys had been riding extremely close and were being very dangerous.  I spoke with Operator1's mother and she said that she also saw them riding extremely dangerous prior to the accident but neither mother was able to witness the accident.  
  
  I began interviewing Operator1 and he stated that Operator2 and him were jumping each other's wake.  Then all of a sudden Operator2 stopped and Operator1 hit Operator2 on the left side.  He said that he did not know why Operator2 was injured on his right side.  I asked him if he was sure that he hit Operator2 on the left side and he said he was not sure.  He said during the collision Operator2 and Operator1 both were thrown off of their pwcs.  Operator1 said that he swam over to Operator2 and helped him get back on his pwc and they went straight back to Bear Lake Reserve where they called for an ambulance for Operator2.  I then asked Operator1 if he had taken any medication or had drank any alcohol that day and he said no.  I did not see any symptoms for me to think otherwise.  I explained the reckless and negligent law to Operator1 and he agreed that he had violated the law while riding the pwc.  I issued him his citation and departed.
  
  I explained the reckless and negligent law to Operator2 and I asked him if he thought he had been in violation of the law while riding the pwcs that day and he stated that he thought he had violated the law.  I issued Operator2 his citation and departed.  
  
  Officer1 and I then traveled to Bear Lake reserve to examine the pwcs that were involved in the accident.  When we arrived, we were escorted to the pwc at their marina.  When we arrived, we noticed that the pwc that Operator2 was driving had severe damage at the right front.  The hull was busted at the right front, mirror broken off on the right side, and skid markers going up from the right front toward the right mirror and hitting the steering wheel.  The left rear had damage at the top of the hull where it had busted.  We then examined the pwc that Operator1 was operating and found damage on the front of the hull on the bottom where the hook is.  The hull was busted just above the hook and had scratches on the hull going up under it.  After examining both pwcs Officer1 and I came to the conclusion that both operators had lied about the collision.  Based on the evidence left on both pwcs, the collision was almost head on.  It appeared the pwc that Operator1 was operating had hit Operator2 on the right front and jumped up over the steering wheel and landed on the left rear which busted the hull on Operator2's pwc on the left rear.  Based on this conclusion, we also were able to explain why Operator2 had a bruised right lung, bruised right kidney, bruised right arm, and sprained right knee.  Prior to examining the pwcs, we were not able to understand why he was injured on his right side.