I state game warden recieved notification of an accident on lake lavon that occured the night of august 11th at approximatly 11:50pm. The following will be statements from both boat operators and witness statements on what they saw as well. 

I first spoke o1; he is the owner of the pontoon boat. We spoke and he had stated he was sitting still fishing when he noticed a vessel that was headed right at them. He noticed that the boat was not slowing down nor was it changing directions to miss his boat. He stated in an effort to be seen better he turned on his very bright front headlights also known as docking lights. According to him it was then that the other boat operator noticed their vessel and tried to make a last second maneuver to avoid hit him and his pontoon but couldn't avoid hitting the pontoon on the starboard side. 

Everyone immediately asked each other if they were ok and everyone responded with yes. O1 asked the other operator if he did not see them and according to him the other operator stated no sorry, i was putting a shirt on and didn't see the boat. They exchanged information and made there was back to boat ramps. 

I also reached out to the other operator o2 which drove the other boat with tx numbers. He stated that he had been parked and hanging out on the ne side of the island and when they decided to leave, they started headed east. Mr. Stated he was headed back to the ramp and never saw o1 boat because his vessel had no navigation lights on. O2 stated that o1's boat was completely blacked out until he was right on top of him and it was then that he tried to turn on lights to avoid the crash. Once impact had happened o2 stated that he stopped and also asked if everyone was ok and make sure no one was hurt. The response was the same and according to o2 no one was hurt and everyone was ok. Ems was not called. At this time according to o2 they exchanged information and began heading back to the boat ramps. 

I was able to make contact with two witnesses of the accident. Those statements are below:

First witness i was able to talk to was a gentlemen. He stated he was not on either boat. He was on his own boat with his wife. He stated to me that he was actually looking in the direction where the pontoon was because he noticed a quick flicker of light. Like a cell phone of a flashlight that was on for a split second but then off. I asked him if that flicker could have been the all-around white light that is required to be on after sunset and maybe it was having difficulties staying on. He stated it was 100 percent not the all-around white light. He then again told me that the boat was completely in the dark and he caught his eye but it was so fast and then went black again he was wondering what it was. As he watched the other boat start to approach where the pontoon was he witnessed what he said was complete darkness to the pontoon boat turning on its docking lights last second trying to avoid getting hit. 

The second witness i was able to speak with was a gentlemen. He stated that he was actually on the boat with o1. He stated they had been fishing and it was around midnight roughly. Witness stated that o1 had his green and red lights on but did not have a all around white light. As the boat was coming at us, we realized it wasn't seeing us so last second we turned on as many lights as we could which included our front head lights. At that time the other driver swerved to miss us but hit us on the side of our boat. We asked the other driver if he saw us and he said sorry no i was putting my shirt on. Again witness stated that everyone said they were fine with no injuries at the time. Ems was not called.
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