RedactedNarrative: On 06/13/2018 at aproximately 17:00 hours while on patrol within Franklin County I, Conservation Police Officer (CPO), received a report from DGIF Dispatch of a boat accident on Smith Mountain Lake near water marker R13. Dispatch advised that a pontoon boat and a ski boat were involved in the accident and there were three people with known injuries. 
  
  Dispatch said SML Fire and Rescue were on their way by boat and by vehicle. Dispatch said the operator of one of the vessels was complaining of chest pain and the other two individuals had injured their heads.  
  
  Subsequent to the investigation it was learned that Operator1 was operating an Ebbtide ski boat (VA 2655 AS) at approximately 1645 hours on 06/14/2018 in the cove behind Boardwalk Dr near SML water Marker R13. Operator1 was towing his grandson on a knee board at approximately 25 mph traveling northeast through the cove. 
  
  Operator1 also had his other grandson sitting in the passenger seat and another passenger sitting in the bow of the vessel. Operator1 said he looked in the rear view mirror for what he thought was a few seconds and then looked forward to see a pontoon vessel a couple feet from his bow. Operator1 said he did not have time to react and the two vessels collided. 
  
  The girlfriend was thrown from the bow of the vessel into the water and the grandson in the passenger seat hit his head. The girlfriend sustained a minor concussion and abrasions while the grandson sustained a laceration to the back of his head. 
  
  Operator1 fell to the floor of the vessel and woke up in a daze. The grandson being towed did not suffer any injury. The front left corner of the Ebbtide struck the front right side of the pontoon boat (VA 4125 BU). 
  
  The operator of the pontoon boat, Operator2, fell to the floor of the pontoon boat on impact. Operator2 complained of chest pain and body pain. Operator2's wife was sitting in the passenger seat of the pontoon boat at the time of the collision and did not sustain any injuries. She said she did not see the Ebbtide until after the collision and when she saw her husband lying on the floor of the pontoon with blood on his face she called 911.   
  
  Injured victims were transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.   Once at the hospital Operator2 said he and his wife were traveling east through the cove behind Boardwalk Dr. towards the main channel (R 13) of Smith Mountain Lake (SML) when he felt something strike the front right side of the pontoon boat. Operator2 said he did not see the Ebbtide approaching and was not sure where it came from.   
  
  Operator1 and Operator2 both were issued a summons for reckless operation of a motor boat.   Operator2 broke his collarbone and fractured 4 ribs due to the accident.  Both operators had insurance.