RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, July 12, 2020, at approximately 1445 hours, Sergeant and I, Corporal, were on vessel patrol on Lake Jackson approaching Barnett's Bridge.  As we approached the bridge, Sgt received a call on his cell phone reporting boat incident at Reasor's Marina.  We immediately proceeded to the area.  As we arrived a few minutes later at the marina, we saw a bass boat on a boat trailer on the boat ramp.  We identified this vessel as one of the boats involved in the incident.    
  
  We surveyed the damage to the bass boat and began the investigation of the incident.  We identified vessel #1 which is a 24' Cobalt.  I began the investigation by interviewing Operator1.  He stated that he was maneuvering his Cobalt to enter the last (northern and eastern most) slip on the boat dock opposite the boat ramp from the fuel dock.  He said that as he was trying to enter the slip he somehow ran his boat over the top rear of a bass boat (vessel #2) that was docked in the same slip. 
  
  Operator1 reported that as his boat ran over the top of the bass boat it then ran on to the dock where it remained lodged.  Operator1 said that he had just bought the boat the day before and had operated the boat before he bought it.  He said the boat had also been recently serviced.  On board Operator1 boat at the time of the incident was his son and his daughter.  His wife was standing on the dock.  As Operator1' boat ran up onto the dock, Operator1' wife jumped into the water to escape being injured. No one was in the bass boat at the time of the incident.  
  
  While I was interviewing Operator1, Sgt was taking photos of the damage on bass boat as well as another damaged boat, a Heyday Inboard (vessel #3), that was lightly scratched.  I asked Operator1 if he would take his boat out of the water so I could check the hull for damage.  Operator1 was hesitant and still visibly upset over the incident, so I asked if he wanted Sgt or me to take his boat out of the water for him.  He said he wanted us to.  
  
  I told Sgt, and he agreed to operate the boat and load it on the boat trailer if Operator1 would go ahead and back the trailer into the water.  When Sgt. started the engine and shifted the boat into reverse, the boat attempted to go forward. Sgt immediately turned off the engine and checked the shift linkage but was unable to find anything wrong visually.  
  
  Based on Sgt experience in attempting to operate Operator1' boat, we suspect that at some point the shift linkage failed while Operator1 was attempting to maneuver his boat into the slip.  On Operator1' last maneuver, the attempt to back away from the close proximity to the bass boat (vessel #2), the shift linkage failed leaving Operator1' boat still in forward gear instead of shifting into reverse.  
  
  When Operator1 applied power to back his boat away from the bass boat, his boat, being still in forward gear, ran over the top of the back of the bass boat and onto the dock.  
  
  The bass boat suffered extensive damage to the left rear corner of the hull as well as to the engine cowling.  Operator1' boat had minor scratches and slight gouges on the keel and the inboard port side chine.  In addition, the foot of the stern drive was scuffed.  
  
  Vessel #3 had a slight scratch to the decal on the starboard side of the hull, possibly where the force of the bass boat being pushed against the dock caused the dock to scratch Vessel #3.  No one was injured and no one was in vessels #2 and #3 which were docked at the time of the incident.  Reasor's Marina had cameras which show the boat incident as it happens. Security video is available per Sgt.. This report is based on my knowledge, training, and experience and evidence available at this time.
  
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