RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, October 14, 2017 at approximately 1500 hours, occupant and operator of vessel 2, were traveling south in the channel toward Big Carlos Pass in their 17 ft Bayliner bearing FL number FL1184PP. 
  
  Operator of vessel 1, and his 8 passengers had left Lovers Key State Park and were traveling north outside the channel toward Salty Sam’s marina in a 24 ft pontoon boat bearing FL numbers FL0370PL they had rented. As the two vessels approached one another, Operator2 thought that the pontoon boat was heading right for them and was not attempting to maneuver around them. 
  
  He had a channel marker on the right side of his vessel and as the pontoon boat became dangerously close, 3 occupants from the pontoon boat jumped from the vessel to avoid the collision. With the channel marker on his starboard side and 3 people now in the water on the same he quickly throttled down and turned as sharp as he could to his port side in an attempt to avoid collision. The pontoon boat never maneuvered in either direction or throttled down. The pontoon boat entered the channel and as the operator of vessel 1 braced for impact, the pontoon boat collided with the Bayliner on the starboard side. 
  
  On impact, V2 occupant hit her head on the port side wall of the vessel causing head and neck injuries. No other parties were injured in the accident.
  