RedactedNarrative: On Friday April 03, 2015 at 1240 hours I was notified by Corporal (Cpl.) of Region 4 in regards to a boat incident that had occurred on Fort Benning near Uchee Creek. Cpl. said Fort Benning Game Warden's were on scene. I made contact with Fort Benning Game Warden Officer said it was a minor boat incident involving two boats that had collided and there were no injuries. 
  
     On Tuesday April 07, 2015 at 1630 hours Ranger (RNG) and I met first with Operator1 the owner/operator of the Ranger boat involved in the incident. Operator1 had his boat with him. After introducing ourselves I had Operator1 write a statement of the incident on Friday (see attachment) as I took photos and measurements of his boat. Operator1 boat is an 18 foot 1992 Ranger 361-V bass boat with 175 horsepower Johnson outboard motor. The boat has a 10 inch wide by 16 inch deep hole on the port (left) side of the boat. The damage begins at approximately five feet eight inches from the tip of the bow of the boat and continues to approximately nine feet two inches from the bow of the boat. Besides the hole the fiberglass is busted in that near four foot area, the front fishing seat is crushed down to the carpet floor and the front deck and compartments on the port side are broken. (see photo's 1-12)
  
      Operator1 said he and his brother were fishing north of Uchee Creek around 1100 a.m eastern time. Operator1 said they headed north up river and stopped about 100 yards south of the Dixie Road Bridge. Operator1 said they turned towards the east bank and were preparing to start back fishing. Operator1 said he had noticed the other boat accelerating from the bridge, but it was not headed towards them. Operator1 said the other boat planed out about thirty yards from them and he could see the occupants were looking backwards. Operator1 said the other boat then made a sudden hard left turn directly at them. 
  
  Operator1 said he yelled once at the other boat but it was too late; the other boat slammed into them. Operator1 said the other boat ramped completely over the bow of his boat and its motor tore through the port side of his boat. Operator1 then cranked his boat and ran it up onto the shore to make sure it did not sink. The other boat pulled up with them and the two operator’s swapped names, insurance and phone numbers; then called the police. Operator1 did not have insurance on his boat. Operator1 said they met the Fort Benning Game Warden at the Uchee Creek boat landing. 
  
       Operator1 said the Progressive insurance adjuster had met with him on Monday April 06. The insurance adjuster totaled his boat out and gave him an estimate of value at $7,500…