RedactedNarrative: The operator of the pontoon boat said they were involved in an accident, and pointed towards the starboard side of the vessel. I noticed that there was a large dent in the starboard pontoon, and that some of the deck was missing. There were pieces of white fiberglass imbedded in the plywood deck as well. Operator2 stated that they were idling out of Blount Creek and headed towards the landing when a white speed boat hit them and took off towards the dock in the back of Blount creek. Operator2 described the driver of the white boat was younger male with tattoos on both arms. 
  
  I motored to the back of the creek to the back and saw several people standing on the dock where witnesses said the white boat docked. I saw a white fiberglass boat beached between the boat house and the shore. The boat was full of water and resting on the sandy lake bottom. I noticed a man with tattoos on both arms, identified myself as a Law Enforcement Officer and explained I was investigating a boating accident. The man with the tattoos later identified. Operator1 stated he had been in an accident and he had been driving the white boat. Ofc. arrived on scene and we began collecting written statements from the occupants. We obtained written statements after Operator1 was read Miranda. All three accounts were similar in facts. Operator1 stated that he was driving the boat on plane coming back from Paramore Shores, and that his eight year old nephew was standing up in front of the console, blocking his view. Operator1 also stated he had been watching a jet ski that was off to his port side slowing down at the boat ramp. He did not see the pontoon boat exiting the creek until he was within approximately 25 feet from the vessel. At that point both vessels were on a head on course and Operator1 turned hard left in an attempt to avoid the pontoon boat. He was unable to avoid the collision and his starboard side impacted the starboard pontoon, causing a gash approximately six feet long and approximately four inches wide down the side of the fiberglass hull, below the waterline. 
  
  Operator1 stated that he turned around and saw all four occupants of the pontoon boat standing up and "they appeared to be ok, so I looked at my boat and saw the hole and it was filling up with water and I thought I was fixing to sink." He then drove the boat to his family dock at the back of Blount creek to unload passengers. He stated he tried briefly to make it to a ramp but was unable due to the amount of water coming in the boat. He then beached the boat in shallow water between the boat house and the shore. When asked if he had been drinking Operator1 explained that he had not consumed any alcohol while driving the boat, but after the collision his nerves were "shaken up" and he drank two beers and a shot at the boat house after the accident. I could not detect the odor of alcohol on his breath, his speech was not slurred, and he did not appear to be impaired. The vessel was photographed as best we could with it being underwater, and pictures were taken later after it was removed from the water.