On saturday, july 15, 2023, at approximately 4:00 pm, i (sgt) and officer were working for the gllea. We were contacted by the water safety patrol (wsp) and advised of a personal watercraft (pwc) verses pontoon boat crash that occurred out from ceder point, williams bay, walworth co., wi. 

Wsp advised there was an injured male juvenile and a juvenile female who were pulled from the water by good samaritans. Wsp advised all parties of the crash and boats were being transported to pier 290. 

It was found operator1 was operating a white and black 2017 10'10" yamaha pwc bearing n/b toward cedar point to jump a wake from a ski boat traveling w/b. Witnesses stated the pwc was within 40 feet of the rear of the ski boat. The witnesses stated once the pwc jumped the ski boat's wake, the pwc traveled directly toward a pontoon boat traveling e/b at a very slow speed. The witnesses stated the pontoon was  traveling so slow they thought the pontoon was not moving. The witness stated the pwc turned abruptly and struck the front of the pontoon sideways (left side).

the driver and passenger of the pwc were ejected into the water. The witnesses assisted in getting the juvenile male driver and juvenile female passenger out of the water onto other boats. Another person drove the pwc to pier 290 while the driver of the pontoon drove her pontoon to pier 290. 

The pontoon was a black 2015 24' brunswick. Operator2 stated the pwc came out of nowhere, ran into them, she stated they thought they were going to die because of the speed the pwc was going as it ran into them. The driver of the pwc stated he was jumping the ski boat wake. He did not know how far away he was from the ski boat. He stated he might have struck his chin once he hit the wake. The driver of the pwc stated he does not remember crashing into the pontoon.

Geneva Lake
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