ON 7/8/23, AT 15:51, VESSEL 1 WAS BEING BACKED INTO THE WATER AT THE RIVERBEND BOAT ACCESS AREA.  V1 PASSENGER WAS SITTING IN THE PONTOON BOAT.  ANOTHER PONTOON VESSEL, VESSEL 2, WAS BEING OPERATED BY V2 OPERATOR, AND WAS AT THE DOCK BEHIND VESSEL 1.  V2 OPERATOR WAS ATEMPTINT TO START HIS PONTOON VESSEL, AND WHEN HE STARTED THE ENGINE OF ESSEL 2, HE HIT THE THROTTLE AND PUT THE VESSEL IN GEAR.  THIS CAUSED VESSEL 2 TO RUN UP ONTO THE STERN OF VESSEL 1 WHILE IT WAS STILL SITTING ON THE TRAILER IN THE EDGE OF THE WATER.

THE DAMAGE TO VESSEL 1 IS ESTIMATED AT $10,000.00, AND VESSEL 2 S $100.00.

ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT AND NO PRDS WERE USED.

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MTN ISLAND LAKE
MOUNT HOLLY                   