I can understand the crash! Probably booze related and the guy didn’t want to get caught! But where do you run to hide on a Lake in NJ:question:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Hit-and-Run-Boat-Crash-Jefferson-Township-New-Jersey-322631301.html?cid=nbcnews_taboola
Never mind! I see how they could disappear for a while! Then when found probably claim the boat was stolen!
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/maps/HopatcongAreaMap_reduced.pdf