RedactedNarrative: On 11-29-17 at 15:30 CDT there was a boating accident on Barren River Lake.  The accident took place between the Peninsula Marina and Port Oliver Boat Ramp. There were 3 people involved in the accident and only 1 of them were injured. The boats involved in the accident were a Tracker fishing boat owned/operated by Operator1 and a Triton pontoon boat owned by V2 subjects. 
  	V2 subjects had been out on their pontoon boat on Barren River Lake and they were getting ready to go back to their slip at the Peninsula Marina. Before going back to the slip they have to put the top down on their boat so it will fit under the roof of the slip they have rented. They were sitting out in front of the marina area with the boat running in neutral as they put the top down on the boat. V2 occupant was putting the cover on the top and Operator2 was sitting in the drivers seat picking up trash they had laying on the boat. 
  	Operator1 had been fishing near Skaggs Creek when he decided to go back to the ramp and pull his boat off the water. As Operator1 was heading back to Port Oliver Boat Ramp he rounded a point and the sun was shining right in his face. The sun was setting over the dam and the glare from it coming off the water made it hard for him to see what was in front of him. All of a sudden Operator1 saw a pontoon right in front of his boat and he turned to the right but was unable to avoid a collision with it. 
  	V2 subjects were on their pontoon and heard a boat getting very close to them as they sat still in the water. Operator2 looked up and yelled "He's going to hit us" just seconds before Operator1's boat struck the front starboard side of their pontoon. Operator2 had tried to put the boat in reverse to get out of the way but he didn't have enough time to get out of the way. 
  
  Operator1's front port side hit the front starboard side of V2 subject's pontoon. After the initial impact the boats became parallel with each other and scraped all the way down the port side of Operator1 boat and the starboard side of V2 subject's pontoon.  The collision threw V2 subjects into the floor of their boat and splashed them with water. When V2 subjects were able to get back to their feet they could see Operator1's boat starting to go in circles near the pontoon. Operator1 had fallen into the water and his boat was circling him. V2 subjects were able to start their boat and drive over to Operator1 and grab him before he went under water. V2 subjects held Operator1's head out of the water until some nearby fishermen showed up who had heard the collision and they helped pull Operator1 out of the water. The fishermen that came to help took Operator1 to the boat ramp to meet the ambulance because V2 subjects's boat would not start. 
  	Once we knew everyone was safe and getting the attention they needed first responders went to get the boats out in the middle of the lake. V2 subjects's boat was able to be driven back to their slip at the marina. Operator1's boat was being watched by first responders until the motor died and it stopped circling in the open water. Operator1's boat was then towed to the Peninsula Marina and tied up next to the gas pumps near the boat ramp. Both boats have been taken off the water since the accident. 
  	The estimates for both vessels were taken from the Kentucky Boating Accident Damage and Value Estimation Guide that is attached to the electronic version of our report. I have attached a copy of the guide along with photos and statements from the accident that have been sent to Frankfort to The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Headquarters.