RedactedNarrative: On Monday July 4, 2016 at approximately 0245 hours, Game Warden was notified via telephone by Nevada State Parks Ranger that there had been a hit-and-run, non-injury boat accident on Lahontan Reservoir that happened at approximately 0100 hours. Because it was a non-injury accident and dark, I responded in the morning and arrived at the scene at 0845.  I observed both vessels sitting on the beach at beach 5 on the Silver Springs Side, Lyon County, GPS coordinates: 39.23377 N., 119.11369 W. 
  
  Vessel 1 (the at fault vessel), a yellow Yamaha GP1300R Wave Runner (also known as a personal watercraft-PWC) with Nevada registration, was sitting on the shore with the bow in the water and the stern on shore approximately 8 feet south of Vessel 2. Vessel 2, a 1994 Silhouette power boat with Nevada Registration was beached at the time of the accident and currently sat in the same position as when the accident happened which was on the shore with the bow on shore and the stern in the water.
  
  Witnesses described the PWC as hitting the beached boat, and both the PWC and the operator launched over the boat and landed on the beach six to eight feet away from the boat to the south. The operator of the PWC was not wearing a PFD and was observed fleeing from the scene, running into the nearby vegetation. Park Ranger collected three written witness statements.
  
  While investigating this accident, the owner of the PWC, reported his PWC stolen to Nevada State Parks Ranger, and then found it sitting approximately 800 feet from the original location of mooring.  He stated that his other PWC was moved as well, but hadn’t sustained any damage.
  
  After looking at all of the evidence, my investigation leads me to believe that the operator of Vessel 1 is still unknown. Due to the lack of witnesses seeing the person who in fact was operating Vessel 1, I can''t say for complete certainty who the operator of Vessel 1 was. The stories of the events that took place that morning are remaining consistent between the parties involved; and with no new information coming to light it is difficult to be completely certain on who is at fault for the events that took place.
  
  I believe the operator of the PWC was traveling at a high rate of speed in close proximity to the shore line of beach 5. The night visibility also played a role in the accident.  I think the operator of the PWC was unable to properly judge how much distance they had between themselves and the shore line. Due to the high rate of speed and the time of night, the operator did not have adequate time to take evasive actions to try and avoid the collision. The operator of the PWC ran directly into the starboard bow of the beached vessel. Upon impact, both, the PWC and operator launched over the beached vessel, and landing six to eight feet away from the beached vessel. After the PWC and operator landed, the operator jumped off the PWC and ran into the undeveloped land surrounding the beach. Witnesses were not able to get an adequate look at the subject that was fleeing from the wrecked PWC to be able to provide positive identification. Both vessels remained in their original locations after the accident, allowing me to get photographs later in the morning after the sun came up.