RedactedNarrative: I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM V2 OWNER'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND NEIGHBOR ON LAKE FREEMAN.  NEIGHBOR TOLD ME THAT A BOAT HAD JUST CRASHED INTO A BOAT ON THE LIFT BELONGING TO HIM AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER.  NEIGHBOR TOLD ME THAT HIS SON (WITNESS 1) HAD TALKED WITH BOTH THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 (V1 OPERATOR) AND THE OWNER OF VESSEL 2 (V2 OWNER).  
  I ARRIVED AND SPOKE TO WITNESS 1.  WITNESS 1 DROVE ME DOWN TO THE BOAT THAT WAS STRUCK.  I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENGINE, THE DOCK, AND THE STERN LIGHT.  THOSE AREAS ALL HAD VISIBLE DAMAGE THAT WAS FRESH.  I ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED THE REGISTRATION FOR THE BOAT.  WITNESS 1 STATED THAT HE TALKED TO A SECOND BOAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.  THE OWNER OF THAT BOAT IS WITNESS 2.  THE SECOND BOAT WAS FISHING IN THE AREA.
  AFTER I LEFT THAT ADDRESS, I MET CONTACT VIA PHONE WITH V1 OPERATOR.  HE WAS ALMOST BACK HOME IN CARMEL, IN.  I SPOKE TO V1 OPERATOR AS I PULLED INTO HIS RESIDENCE ON LAKE FREEMAN.  V1 OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT HE WAS PULLING HIS SON BEHIND THE BOAT AND HIS SON'S FRIEND WAS HIS SPOTTER.  HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HIS SON'S FRIEND HAD NEVER BEEN ON A BOAT AND V1 OPERATOR WAS LOOKING BEHIND THE BOAT AT HIS SON WHILE SKIING.  AS HE TURNED TO OBSERVE HIS SON HE DID NOT NOTICE HOW CLOSE HE WAS COMING TO SHORE.  V1 OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN HARD FROM THE BOAT LIFT THAT HE ENDED UP STRIKING.  V1 OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE COLLISION AND THE RIGHT SIDE RUB RAIL STRUCK THE ENGINE AND THE REAR OF HIS BOAT STRUCK THE DOCK.  THE COLLISION WITH THE BOAT CAUSED THE BOAT TO ROCK FORWARD ON THE LIFT AND THAT ACTION SNAPPED THE STERN LIGHT OFF THE BIMINI TOP.  
  AFTER TALKING WITH V1 OPERATOR I WALKED DOWN TO HIS BOAT ON THE LIFT AND LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE.  I OBSERVED THE DAMAGE TO THE RUB RAIL ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BOAT AND THERE WAS STILL A LARGE PIECE OF THE DOCK LODGED INTO THE FIBERGLASS OF V1 OPERATOR'S BOAT.  V1 OPERATOR GAVE ME HIS INSURANCE INFORMATION AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD SPOKE TO V2 OWNER ALREADY REGARDING THE INCIDENT.  
  WHEN I LEFT V1 OPERATOR'S RESIDENCE, I CALLED WITNESS 2.  HE STATED THAT HE WAS FISHING NEXT TO THE DOCK THAT WAS STRUCK.  HE STATED THAT AFTER THE COLLISION WITH DOCK V1 OPERATOR'S BOAT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIS BOAT.  HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO HIS BOAT AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE BOATS CAME INTO CONTACT WHEN I LOOKED AT V1 OPERATOR'S BOAT.