Upon arrival at the scene, I was advised Life Net Ambulance was leaving the area with two of the victims involved.  According to Joplin Fire Rescue personnel, they had assisted three of the people involved to the shore and that the fourth person had returned to a houseboat docked at Hotel Island.  Passenger 2 stated everyone involved were friends and she was the middle passenger on V1.  She stated both V1 and V2 were traveling along side each other in the same direction at a low speed with V2 being on her left.  Then she stated all she could remember was the Operator of V1 turned left and "struck" V2 and everyone fell off.  Operator of V1 stated that as he attempted to make a left hand U-turn, he collided with V2.  He also stated the speed of both vessels was under half throttle.  

V1's hull was broken around the storage compartment of the bow, the port side sconson mounting brackets were also broken along with several small portions of the fiberglass hull.  V2's starboard side hull was cracked between the passenger compartment and the bow.

*  Information difficult to obtain due to language barrier - persons involved were Polish nationals.
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