RedactedNarrative: August 23rd, 2020 at 1048 hours
  I, indiana conservation officer (ico), was advised by ico central dispatch of a boat crash which occurred on lake wawasee in kosciusko county.  I responded to the scene.  I spoke with subjects at the scene and was informed a subject named operator1 was on an old correct craft boat and crashed into their 2008 jc pontoon which was on a shore station boat lift.  
  
  I observed significant damage to the midsection of the motor, just above the lower unit.  The motor is a 150 hp mercury outboard motor.  I photographed the damage.  I observed minor scuffs on the pier and no damage to the shore station.  I was informed operator1 exchanged information with them and left the scene.  I collected operator1's information and planned to meet with him at a later time.
  
  (august 24th, 2020 at 1111 hours)
  On this day i met with operator1 at his residence.  Operator1 informed me he pulled into the cove near the v2 residence and was attempting turn around and back out of the cove at the time of the incident.  Operator1 put the correct craft into reverse and then attempted to put it in neutral but noticed it would not shift out of reverse and kept backing up towards the v2 pier and shore stations.  
  
  Operator1 attempted to put his boat in forward and informed me the boat stayed in reverse and by shifting into forward it caused the rpm's to increase making the boat go even faster in reverse and crash into the v2 boat on the shore station.  After the crash operator1 was able to manually put the boat back into neutral back at the motor and informed me after the incident the boat would shift from neutral to forward and back to neutral, but if the boat was put in reverse he could only manually put it back in neutral by leaving the driver's seat and shifting it at the motor.
  
  I observed a scuff in the fiberglass at the stern of operator1's boat where he informed me it hit the v2 boat motor and i took photographs.
  
  (september 9th, 2020 at 0958 hours)
  I spoke with v2 on the phone and he advised the estimate for the damage from marina is approximately $3,000.00.