High speed accident

jrc · 06-30-2006, 11:40 PM

I guess I'm missing your point. It will be very simple for any law enforcement officer to look up the registration for the the jet-ski and find the owners name. That said it is a little boneheaded to forget to ask the guys name.

Just because the LPD doesn't record the accident doesn't mean they denied the event happened. I'm sure the police/fire logs recorded the dispatch.

Do you know how many accidents on the road, in the water, or just during life in general happen and don't get recorded.

Have a minor fender bender with your car, then call the police to come out. Usually they won't unless there is an injury. In NH you don't even have to report an auto accident unless there is an injury or substantial property damage. (I forget the exact dollar amount)

Airwaves · 07-01-2006, 02:27 PM

Sure they could run the bow numbers and see who the jet ski belonged to, and that is probably what they ended up doing. But since they didn't get the name in the first place they created much much more work for themselves and another department downstream. The LPD told the folks at the boat club that Lawrence was concerned that the jet ski discovered may have belonged to a seperate incident and that someone was still in the water!

The denial aspect of the story came to me from a media source who called them to check on the report. He told me that they denied it happened in the first place.

I don't know how things are where you live, but rescuing a person about to go over the Pawtucket Falls in Lowell is not a fender bender that goes unreported.

Also, the damage to the jetski was probably sufficient enough that it should also have been reported to the state. Off the top of my head I don't recall the monetary threashold in Massachusetts but in looking at the remaining jetski it looked fairly new and in good condition so I'm sure it exceeded the damage threashold.

06-30-2006, 11:40 PM	#1
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	I guess I'm missing your point. It will be very simple for any law enforcement officer to look up the registration for the the jet-ski and find the owners name. That said it is a little boneheaded to forget to ask the guys name. Just because the LPD doesn't record the accident doesn't mean they denied the event happened. I'm sure the police/fire logs recorded the dispatch. Do you know how many accidents on the road, in the water, or just during life in general happen and don't get recorded. Have a minor fender bender with your car, then call the police to come out. Usually they won't unless there is an injury. In NH you don't even have to report an auto accident unless there is an injury or substantial property damage. (I forget the exact dollar amount)

07-01-2006, 02:27 PM	#2
Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	Sure they could run the bow numbers and see who the jet ski belonged to, and that is probably what they ended up doing. But since they didn't get the name in the first place they created much much more work for themselves and another department downstream. The LPD told the folks at the boat club that Lawrence was concerned that the jet ski discovered may have belonged to a seperate incident and that someone was still in the water! The denial aspect of the story came to me from a media source who called them to check on the report. He told me that they denied it happened in the first place. I don't know how things are where you live, but rescuing a person about to go over the Pawtucket Falls in Lowell is not a fender bender that goes unreported. Also, the damage to the jetski was probably sufficient enough that it should also have been reported to the state. Off the top of my head I don't recall the monetary threashold in Massachusetts but in looking at the remaining jetski it looked fairly new and in good condition so I'm sure it exceeded the damage threashold.