RedactedNarrative: V1 was operating on plane west bound in the airboat trail along the north side of the trail that runs basically due west from the boat ramp at the Lake Garcia Recreational pad off CR512. The trail is about .6 of a mile long. The operator of V1, stated he was operating V1 around 25 to 30 mph with eleven passengers on board, they had just left the boat ramp. Operator1 stated he did not see another airboat or airboat flag at anytime along the trail before the crash. 
  
  V2 was idling in a small cove about .25 of a mile from the Lake Garcia boat ramp on the north side of the trail and unable to see back east or west down the trail. V2 was returning to the Lake Garcia boat ramp and had one passenger on board. Operator2 stated he observed an airboat flag coming toward him in the airboat trail about 100 to 150 yards away. He also stated he pulled forward into the trail to see how far away V1 was. 
  
  At the point V1 made visual contact, the boats were only 20 yards or so apart. V1 veered to the left to try to go around V2 as it entered the trail from his right. V2 veered to the right but let off of the throttle completely. V1 slide into the left side of V2 ejecting both the passenger and driver of V2 and two of the passengers on V1. 
  
  V1 picked up the three passengers who were ejected while the operator of V1 climbed back into his vessel. V1 then called 911. The passenger of V2 was transported to the ER, they had a broken rib and bruised leg. 
  
  When I arrived at the scene V2 did not have an airboat flag. Operator2 told me it must have come off during the crash. The part of the cage where the flag should be attached was not bent or crushed in. 
  
  It appears that V2 did not standby to V1 but pulled across in front of it. 
  V2 occupant had bruising to her left leg, thigh and sustained a broken rib. victim was ejected from the boat at impact, not sure if she hit the boat or an object in the water.