RedactedNarrative: On 08/18/19 Arizona Game and Fish Officer and Nevada Department of Wildlife Officer were on patrol on the Colorado River in a fully marked patrol boat.  Officer1 received a call from Bullhead Police Department Officer about a hit and run collision that just occurred near Community Park beach.  Officer was on an assignment and asked if Officers could respond.  At approximately 3:45 PM Officers arrived at community park beach and learned the following information: 
  
  A yellow and white personal watercraft (PWC) struck two other PWC''s and then fled the scene soon after.  The sister of the injured party gave an account of the events that occurred and gave a description of the fleeing vessel.  Subject explained the fleeing PWC was a white and yellow PWC, the operator was a man in his twenties with moderate length curly blond hair wearing a yellow life jacket and drove away  from the scene heading north (upriver) toward Davis Dam.  
  
  Officers then attempted to find the vessel but were unable to do so.  At approximately 4:00 PM Officer1 returned to the Community Park beach to obtain witness statements and investigate the collision.  Officer1 learned that the collision involved three vessels and that the injured party of the first vessel was taken to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center (WARMC) and that the family and of the injured party were at the hospital as well.  
  
  A bystander explained that the first vessel struck operated by the injured party, had been towed to the launch ramp where the PWC was rented.  The PWC was inoperable.   OPERATOR3 explained that while attempting to leave Community Park Beach pointing toward the Nevada shoreline (west) she waited for another PWC (Vessel 1) to go first.  She then witnessed another PWC (Vessel 2, fleeing vessel) strike vessel 1.  OPERATOR3 jumped off her vessel to avoid being struck as vessel 2 struck her PWC on the left side front.  OPERATOR3 sustained no injuries.
  
  Officer then took Officer1 to fisherman''s landing launch ramp and then went to the beach where the injured parties PWC was to take pictures of the vessel and obtain a copy of the rental agreement.  Officer1 went to WARMC to follow up with the injured party.  At approximately 5:10 PM Officer1 arrived at the medical center and conducted and interview with OPERATOR1.  OPERATOR1 provided the following account:  at approximately 3:30 OPERATOR1 was operating his rented PWC (Vessel 1) with his daughter as a passenger, travelling north attempting to leave Community Park Beach.  OPERATOR1 was attempting to turn left to cross the river and travel south.  
  
  When he faced to make his left turn he saw a PWC (Vessel 2) travelling fast toward him.  OPERATOR1 noticed the operator was looking backwards and was not looking in the direction he was travelling.   OPERATOR1 yelled “stop” several times and then realized the PWC was going to hit him.  OPERATOR1 attempted to throttle up to get out of the way but was too late.  OPERATOR1 was struck by the tip of the bow of the PWC in the left leg and his daughter was hit on the ribs by the right side of the PWC.   Both occupants were put into the water by the collision.  OPERATOR1 attempted to locate his daughter and realized that she was clutched to his life vest.  
  
  OPERATOR1 told the operator of the PWC not to leave.  OPERATOR1 explained that the man said he wasn’t going to leave and that he was circling the scene looking for his friend that fell off the PWC.  After realizing that the lost passenger had gotten on another PWC the man fled the scene.