RedactedNarrative: On 4 July 2019, between 11:30 and 11:45 PM, there was a two vessel property damage accident on Watts Bar Lake between a 40 foot cabin motorboat and a 26 foot pontoon. The pontoon boat was heading down stream and the 40 cabin motorboat was heading across the lake to Martin''s Branch, when the bow pulpit of the 40 foot cabin and the left side canopy of the pontoon collided tearing the canopy off the pontoon and doing damage to the bow pulpit. Both parties stopped to access the damage, but no information was exchanged between the two parties. Witnesses wrote down the Tennessee registration of the pontoon boat before separation, and both parties called the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Region 3 Dispatch to report the incident the next day. Officers met with both parties to document the damage and gather statements. See the synopsis of both vessels below.
  
  Synopsis of Vessel 1 
  Vessel 1 (40 foot cabin motorboat) was heading across Watts Bar Lake with 4 other boats to anchor in Martin''s Branch in Roane County when Operator1 noticed a pontoon boat approaching his group along their starboard side where the pontoon boat travelled down the line of boats very close maybe 20 yards, and after passing the boat ahead of Operator1, the pontoon turned directly into Operator1''s path of travel. Operator1 claimed he put his boat in full reverse to avoid the collision but the pontoon hardtop canopy struck the bow pulpit. 
  
  Synopsis of Vessel 2 
  Vessel 2 (26 foot pontoon) was heading down stream on Watts Bar Lake just north of Euchee Marina in Meigs County when operator2 ran upon a big cruiser sitting still with no lights on and when he saw it they collided. Operator2 turned around to check and look for his canopy but noticed the cruiser was gone. Operator2 did speak with a couple on a house boat that was behind him coming down river but did not get any names or information.
  