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  On saturday june 20, 2020 at approximately 9:00 pm, a boat struck a stationary pwc on jimmerson lake in steuben county, and both vessels left the scene; one boat was pulling the other. Operator1 was operating the black boat that made impact with the stationary personal watercraft operated by operator2 and occupant. Both operator2 and v2 occupant were able to make it off the pwc before impact, and no personal injury was reported. Operator2 father was issued a citation for permitting unlawful operation, ic 14-15-3-28. Operator2 was issued a written warning for operating without a valid license motorboat operating authority, ic 14-15-11-9. Operator1 was issued a citation for imprudent operation ic 14-15-3-3.
  
  Details of the investigation/incident:
  
  On saturday june 20, 2020 at approximately 9:15 pm, indiana conservation officer (ico) responded to a reported boat accident that occurred on jimmerson lake in steuben county. ICO1 and i were on boat patrol on the lake james lake chain in steuben county when steuben county dispatch informed us of a 911 call from a witness who saw a boat run into a personal watercraft (pwc). The witness stated at approximately 9:00 pm, a boat struck a stationary pwc, and both vessels left the scene; one boat was pulling the other. 
  
  On jimmerson lake, ICO1 and i saw a black boat towing a pwc heading west across the lake. As we approached, we could see operator1 operating the black boat with registration pulling the pwc with operator2 and occupant2 sitting on the seat of the pwc. Both of the girls had uscg approved pfd's on them. 
  
  ICO1 asked the 6 young men on the boat if they were injured, they advised everyone was fine with no injuries. ICO1 then asked to see a uscg approved pfd, to which they held up more than enough for everyone on board. I asked the girls on the pwc if they were okay, they said yes. 
  
  ICO1 and i asked the boat to tell us what happened. The young men had been out on the lake that day wakeboarding behind the boat. They were heading northeast on the northeast corner of the lake when they felt the boat strike something in the water and realized they had driven over a pwc. They turned the boat around to see the girls in the water and a grey pwc sitting broken in the water. Operator1 drove the boat to them to make sure they were o.k. and offer assistance. 
  
  The girls stated they were fine and had managed to jump off the pwc before impact. Operator1 called his father, the owner of the boat, and advised what happened. V1 owner said he was on his way. Operator1 decided to pull the pwc to operator2's grandmother's residence at that time. 
  
  I asked operator2 and v2 occupant how things happened from their point of view. They told me they were on the water for a few hours that day and had stopped on the northeast corner of the lake to swim for a bit. They had just gotten back on the pwc which was facing southeast, when a black boat was coming toward them. They told me they yelled, screamed, and waved their arms but the boat didn't slow down. The girls jumped off the pwc just before impact and managed to avoid personal injury. They said the boat made impact on the right side of their pwc. 
  
  Operator2 and v2 occupant said the boat turned and came back to them and the young men asked if the girls were ok. The girls said yes, they were ok. The young men discussed options with the girls agreed to tow the pwc to operator2's grandmother's house, were operator2's father was at. 
  
  I released the boat. I towed the pwc with operator2 and v2 occupant to her grandmother's house on the west side of jimmerson. I spoke to Operator2 father, the owner of the pwc and told him about the laws. He is clear on the motorboat law and legal age to operate a motorboat. 
  
  I spoke to v2 occupant's stepfather on the phone and he informed me that v2 occupant had a sore left jaw and a sore back the day after the accident but it had since gone away. He does not believe it was caused by any impact between v2 occupant and the boat operated by operator1. 
  Operator2 father was issued a citation for permitting unlawful operation, ic 14-15-3-28. Operator2 was issued a written warning for operating without a valid license motorboat operating authority, ic 14-15-11-9. Operator1 was issued a citation for imprudent operation ic 14-15-3-3.