ON MAY 17,2023 MS DEPT. OF WILDLIFE OFFICER 1 RECIEVED A CALL FROM PANOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DISPATEH CONCERNING A BOATING ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED AT SARDIS RESERVOIR NEAR ENGINEER'S POINT BOAT RAMP. UPON ARRIVAL CO 1 OBTAINED A BOATING OPERATORS REPORT FROM BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT. CO 1 TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOTH VESSELS AND . VESSEL 1 STATED HE WAS DOCKED AT ENGINEER'S POINT BOAT RAMP TO LOAD HIS UP. VESSEL 2 RAN ON TOP OF HIS BOAT. VESSEL 2 STATED THAT THE OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO LOAD THE VESSEL WHEN A CROSS WIND STARTED PUSHING THE BOAT SIDEWAYS. THE OPERATOR OVER CORRECTED AND ACCIDENTLY PUSHED THE THROTTLE CAUSING VESSEL 2 TO RUN ON TOP OF VESSEL 1
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