On 09/12/2023 at approximately 0809 hours, glen canyon dispatch was notified of a non-injury vessel accident in the area of last chance bay within glen canyon national recreation area, wahweap district. At approximately 1115 hours. I officer was notifed by dspatch of the incident and was provided the contact information of the reporting party, later identified. I spoke with operator1 via phone who stated that a collision between his houseboat, dreaming a wake and another vessel had occurred in the area of buoy 25. O1 stated no injuries had occurred and all parties were accounted for. O1 stated he did not wish to interrupt his lake trip further and we agreed that completing a vessel accident report at the conclusion of his trip would work best. I instructed o1 to notify dispatch once again when his vessel returned to the marina to complete a report.
On 09/20/2023 at approximately 0900 hours, i was notified that the other party involved in the collision contacted dispatch reporting the same vessel accident. I was forwarded information via email and later spoke via phone to the reporting pary of the second vessel, identified. O2 stated no injuries had occurred and all parties were accounted for. O2 then described a collision between his ski boat malibu that his houseboat was towing and o1's houseboat dreaming a wake while operating within the channel in the area of buoy 25. O1 provided me with the registration insurance and photos of the damaged malibu as well as photos of o1 dreaming a wake. A case number and request form were provided to o2.
On 09/29/2023 at approximately 1506 hours, i spoke with o1 via phone who provided a similar account of the collision. A case number and foia request form were provided to o1. Neither party claimed responsibility for the collision. And due to the length of time which had passed between the incident and a lack of video evidence, no charges will be filed.
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