ON 2/7/23, AT APPROX 18:00 HRS ON LAKE LOOKOUT, A BOAT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE COVE EAST OF LONGFIELD ST.  THERE WAS ONLY ONE VESSEL INVOLVED THAT WAS BEING OPERATED BY OPERATOR.

THE OPERATOR AND THE ONE PASSENER, THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL WERE DRIVING IN CIRCLES WHEN THE VESSEL HIT THE WAKE PREVIOUSLY MADE BY THIS VESSEL.  IT OVERTURNED THROWING BOTH OCCUPANTS IN THE WATER.  THEY WERE PICKED UP BY A HOMEOWNER AND BROUGHT TO SHORE.

IN CONCLUSION, THE OPERATOR'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE DRIVING A VESSEL WAS THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT.  PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES WERE ON THE VESSEL BUT NOT WORN.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR.  NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.

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