I, INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER (ICO) 1, WAS PATROLLING ON PATOKA LAKE ON JUNE 16TH, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:03 PM WHEN I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ICO CENTRAL DISPATCH IN REFERENCE TO A BOAT ACCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURRED NEAR THE BEACH. 
ICO 2 AND I LOCATED THE VESSEL, INDIANA REGISTRATION, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:09 PM. WE CONTACTED THE OPERATOR. OPERATOR ADVISED THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND NO ONE HAD BEEN EJECTED INTO THE WATER. OPERATOR STATED THAT THEY WERE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE ALSO STATED THEY WERE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75-100 FEET FROM THE NORTHWEST SHORE COMING OUT OF THE PAINTER CREEK AREA WHEN THEY STRUCK AN OBJECT UNDER THE WATER. HE STATED VESSEL CONTINUED TO RUN FOR A SHORT TIME THEN EVENTUALLY STOPPED ALL TOGETHER. OPERATOR ALSO STATED THAT THE BOAT HAD STARTED TAKING ON WATER NEAR LOWER UNIT OF THE BOAT, BUT THE BILGE PUMP WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP. 
WHEN ICO 2 AND I ARRIVED ON SCENE EVERYONE WAS WEARING PFD'S. 
ICO 2 AND I THEN TOWED THE VESSEL TO SOUTH RAMP WHERE IT WAS LOADED ON A TRAILER AND REMOVED FROM THE WATER. I THEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE DAMAGE.
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