RedactedNarrative: On april 14 at approximately 1200 hours, richmond dispatch notified me of a boat incident that occurred on smith mountain lake. A pwc struck a channel marker, b49, and a passenger had been injured with a possible broken leg. 
  
  The pwc was partially submerged at the stern. Officer and i spoke with a neighbor who had initially called 911. She explained that the pwc owner, victim, and operator had already left for carillion roanoke memorial hospital. Neighbor confirmed that the pwc was tied to the dock. Officer and i pulled the partially submerged pwc completely onto the pwc dock. There was a substantial breach of the hull just below the rubrail on the front starboard side of the pwc. This appeared to be the initial point of impact. Just behind the breach of the hull was another impact area; spider-webbing of the fiberglass and gouges in the rubrail. The hull had significant water inside. I told the neighbor to fill out a statement while we recorded information and took photos of the pwc involved. 
  
  The channel marker was impacted on the lake-side of the pillar, and the pillar had broken off near where it entered the lake bed. According to all the statements from the parties involved, the pwc had been travelling downstream at a speed between 20-40mph when it impacted marker b49. Apparently the operator had become distracted momentarily and realized that the pwc was too close to the shore and about to impact b49 too late to react. A near head-on collision caused the channel marker to shear off near the base and tossed both the operator and passenger into the water. The passenger sustained a compound fracture of the right fibula/tibia (lower leg) and bruising, most likely from collision with the channel marker. Later that evening, i spoke further with operator and issued a summons for failing to keep proper lookout.