RedactedNarrative: On September 6, 2019, I, Officer was contacted, to make me aware of a self-reported boat accident that had been submitted to Headquarters in Frankfort. The report stated the incident happened in the Grider Hill Marina no wake zone on September 1, 2019 and injuries were sustained as a result of the accident. I immediately contacted Sgt. to make him aware of the incident and he informed me to do a report and investigate the matter. Since it was Poker Run Weekend on Lake Cumberland, I followed up on the incident on September 10, 2019. 
  
  I contacted subject1 who had completed the self-report. She informed me that her son, Operator1 and one of his friends were victims of the accident. They were on a 2014 SeaDoo (KY-0706-PV) and were hit head on by a 2006 Honda PWC (KY-0543-HT). Both juveniles had to seek medical attention due to injuries. Operator1 was transported in a privately owned vehicle by his parents to the Medical Center at Albany in Albany, KY. His injuries were to his head which made contact with Vessel #2. He received contusions to the left side of his face, eye and shoulder. He also had scratches on his hands and feet from possible broken glass. 
  
  Occupant on v1 was transported to St. Elizabeth of Edgewood in Edgewood, KY the next day by his parents in a privately owned vehicle. He also had contusions to his forehead and scratches on his arms from possible broken glass. He was also diagnosed with a concussion. 
  
  I asked subject1 why she didn’t report the accident when it took place, she stated she was more concerned about getting her son to the hospital than waiting around for someone to respond. She also stated she didn’t know the accident needed to be reported until she was talking to some friends after she had gotten back home. That’s when she contacted KSP Columbia Post to report the accident. They dispatched the call to Officer who advised her to complete a self-report, which she did. 
  
  I informed Subject1 I would need to talk with her son about details of the accident since she wasn’t present when it happened. She informed me she would contact me back once he was home from school. Subject1 texted me pictures of some of her son’s injuries and damage to the PWC. 
  
   I then contacted Operator2 via phone. Operator2 stated it was an accident and he and Operator1 had been racing PWC’s earlier, but they weren’t at the time of the accident. He stated Operator1 had been operating on the right side of Brown Creek heading back out to the no wake zone, while he was operating on the left side. He said before they got to the no wake zone he had went around a pontoon boat and had turned right heading back in the direction of Brown Creek, but when he did that, Operator1 had traveled further down in his direction and had come to a stop without him knowing. He stated by the time he realized that, it was too late. He had hit some wake, or had let off of the throttle losing control of his steering which caused him to hit their PWC head on and ramping it off the left side. He stated he immediately jumped off his PWC and went to the boy’s aid after hitting them. He informed me had not had any alcoholic beverages to drink before operating the PWC. He also informed me the PWC he was operating belonged to someone else. Operator2 didn’t take any photographs of the damage sustained to the PWC, but he advised he would be back to Grider Hill Marina back on September 14th and I could get some pictures of it then. He also stated he didn’t receive any injuries that required first aid.
  
  On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, I contacted Subject1 and her son via phone. Operator1 gave me a statement over the phone with his mother’s consent. He confirmed what Operator2 had told me, however his statement varied a little. He stated they were in the idle speed zone when the accident happened and there were no other boats around when the accident happened. He stated he thought Operator2 was trying to splash water on him and lost control of his PWC running into them head on. Operator1 stated he was hit in the head by Operator2’s PWC. I asked Subject1 why she had stated alcohol use as a contributing factor to the accident in her self-report. She stated she knows of Operator2 and she had seen him consuming alcoholic beverages earlier that day.
  
  After talking to the v1 subjects, I contacted the v1 occupant’s via phone. Subject2 gave me consent to interview he son. He stated he was riding as a passenger on the PWC with Operator1 when the accident happened. He stated he too was hit in the head by Operator2’s PWC. I asked him what had happened that resulted in the accident. He advised he couldn’t tell me, that he was looking away when it occurred. Even though he couldn’t advise what resulted in the accident, his statement did match the what Operator1 and operator2 had to say on the activities and directions of travel prior to the accident. He also thought they were in the idle speed zone when the incident happened.
  
  On September 14, 2019, I met with operator2 at Grider Hill Marina. He had the PWC that was involved in the accident on a trailer. I photographed the damage and took another statement from Operator2. I asked him if he wanted to complete a voluntary written statement, but he denied. However, I did take a verbal statement. He again denied drinking any alcoholic beverages prior to operating the PWC. His statement remained the same as his first statement. I asked Operator2 why he didn’t report the accident, since there was damage exceeding $500 and injury involved. He stated he didn’t know he had to. I ended up issuing Operator2 a citation for failure to report a boat accident exceeding $500 in damage.
  