RedactedNarrative: Subject and his two passengers came upon the vessel accident scene at approximately 00:40, Saturday, June 16, 2018. Subject dialed 911 and reported the accident to Bucks County Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Communications. Subject was interviewed by Sgt. on the telephone on the afternoon of June 16th and again on June 23rd after he submitted a typed statement on June 19, 2018.
  Subject stated in effect, at approximately 00:00, Saturday, June 16, 2018, he entered the Delaware River from the Neshaminy Creek, PA. Within minutes of proceeding west on the Delaware River toward Philadelphia, Subject observed a white, center console vessel propelled by one outboard engine travel east. Subject's boat and the observed vessel passed on each other's port side. Subject recalled and described the other vessel's speed as "moving pretty well". Subject continued west for approximately 8-10 minutes, at which point he turned his boat around and headed east toward his port at Neshaminy State Park Marina, PA. As he approached the Edgewater Channel in the area of buoy 33 and nearing Neshaminy State Park Marina, Subject observed a white, center console vessel floating with no navigational lights on. As he got closer, Subject identified the vessel as the one he had passed just minutes before. Subject observed the vessel had no occupants. He observed the engine was running with the gear shift completely forward but the boat was not moving. He also observed extensive bow damage, green paint transfer and floating vessel debris. Subject surmised the green paint was from buoy 33 which he also observed having extensive damage. He and his passengers telephoned for an emergency response while attempting to locate anyone who might be in the water. Subject secured the other vessel to his because it was slowly taking on water. They continued to search for anyone in the water while both vessels drifted east with the incoming tide. Once on the east side of the Burlington Bristol Bridge, Subject anchored the white, center console vessel and waited for the emergency response. Pennsylvania Fish And Boat Commission arrived on scene. Subject feels confident in identifying the initial sighting of Operator's vessel because he immediately recognized it when he came upon the boat again just minutes later.
  Passenger aboard Subject's vessel: 
  Occupant1 stated in effect, he was aboard Subject's vessel on the evening of June 15th and into the early hours of June 16th. He, Subject and one other passenger, had departed from High Tides Restaurant on Subject's boat "roughly" between 23:00 and 23:30. After entering the Delaware River they headed west. After "about ten minutes" Subject pointed out a white boat that was traveling east. Occupant1 recalled Subject commenting that the other boat's speed was faster than his. During my interview of Occupant1, he said, "they didn't see any other boats on the water." They traveled "maybe another ten minutes" west when Occupant1 thought he heard "a noise, something" behind them, back east. Occupant1 told Subject and Subject turned his boat around and headed east. Occupant1 saw the vessel that had passed them just moments before but it wasn't moving and nobody was on board. Occupant1 recalled seeing debris (life jackets and fiberglass) in the water near the boat and buoy 33. They called 911. They looked for anybody in the water. Occupant1 saw the damage to the front of the other boat and that it was taking on water. They tied the other vessel to Subject's and waited for an emergency response. Both Subject and Occupant1 said that they did not see any navigation light on buoy 33 that evening prior to the vessel accident. Subject said he hadn't seen the navigation light work for "a couple weeks prior" to the accident.
  
   The investigation revealed the operator of vessel #1 was aboard his 22 foot center console Hydra-Sport on the evening of Friday, June 15th and into the early hours of Saturday, June 16, 2018. Operator launched his vessel onto the Delaware River at the Burlington City, NJ municipal boat ramp. His vehicle and trailer were later found parked and secured at the Burlington City municipal boat launch parking lot on East Pearl Street at approximately 03:00, June 16, 2018. Preponderance of the evidence and no known reports of missing associates of Operator indicates he was alone. Social media Facebook posts by Operator at 22:38, June 15, 2018 place him in the area of the BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ, Delaware River. The incident reporting person, reported that he entered the Delaware River from the Neshaminy Creek at approximately 00:00, June 16th. After traveling west for a few minutes (approximately ten) he saw Operator's vessel traveling east. Verizon Wireless GPS tracker reported the last location and time of Operator's mobile phone signal as 00:34, June 16, in the vicinity of Farnum Street, Edgewater Park, NJ. Farnum Street is across the Delaware River from Neshaminy State Park Marina and buoy 33.
  
  Damage assessment of (vessel #1), buoy 33 and the examination of the materials (fiberglass chips and fibers, PFDs) found in the debris field located within the immediate area the accident scene indicate vessel #1 collided into buoy 33. 
  
  Vessel #1's initial approach and impact angle was head on. The force of the initial impact deflected vessel #1 to the left from its previous heading, and also caused the bow of vessel #1 to rise (pitch). Damage to the plexi-glass windshield and the reported observance of vessel #1's gear shift completely forward indicates the likelihood Operator was at the helm. 
  
  Inertia likely forced Operator to continue forward into the plexi-glass and to unknowingly push the throttle completely forward. Upon impact with the buoy, vessel #1 listed hard to its port side. The starboard side of vessel #1 was pushed up because of contact with the buoy. This caused the port side of vessel #1 to be thrust down. The listing likely occurred quickly and forcefully, and is substantiated by the ejection of the operator. 
  
  A large portion of the bow and lower starboard hull section of vessel #1 then made contact with the buoy as it continued in a northeast direction. This contact resulted in extensive compression damage to vessel #1 and the transference of green paint from buoy 33.Vessel #1 possessed a significant quantity of kinetic energy, which was partially transferred in the form of extensive damage sustained by buoy 33. 
  
  Vessel #1 landed and settled upright in the water within the immediate area of buoy 33. At 00:43, Subject reports sighting Operator's damage vessel adrift with no one on board to Bucks County Pennsylvania Emergency Communications. Buoy 33 is marked on NOAA Nautical Chart 12314 as G "33" Q G, indicating it is a continuous quick green flashing light. Collision damage to buoy 33 consisted of twisted, bent, and broken metal, and a sheared off solar-powered navigation light which was not recovered.
  The victim was recovered by NJ State Police Marine Services Burlington Station personnel, on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 13:55, when his body surfaced in the Delaware River.