THE OPERATOR OF THE PONTOON WAS CRUISING AROUND THE LAKE FROM APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT UNTIL RUNNING ASHORE AROUND 2AM. 

WHILE OPERATING ONTO LAND, THE PONTOON CAME INTO CONTACT WITH TWO JON BOATS THAT WERE BEING STORED UPSIDE DOWN ALONG THE SHORELINE. 

ONE OF THESE BOATS WAS PUSHED ALONG AND OUT OF THE WAY, BUT THE OTHER APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME LODGED UNDER THE LEFT SIDE PONTOON AND CAME TO REST UNDERNEATH THE PONTOON BOAT. THE STERN/TRANSOM OF THE PONTOON BOAT WAS MEASURED TO BE 38 FEET FROM WHERE THE BOAT INITIALLY IMPACTED THE SHORELINE.
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