RedactedNarrative: At approximately 1:30 PM on March 21, 2016 vessel one (V1), operated by operator one (O1), had completed a fishing drift on Lake Francis Case near the mouth of the White River and was motoring upstream to begin another drift.  O1 was V1’s lone occupant.  V1 was on plane. Vessel two (V2) was traveling downstream past a group of fishing boats at approximately 25-30 mph. V2 was occupied by operator two (O2) and passenger one (V2P1).  Vessel three (V3) was drifting in the group of fishing boats and was occupied by V3O3, V3P1, and V3P2.
  
  V1 and V2 were approaching each other on nearly a head on trajectory.  O1 turned his vessel to the starboard to try to pass V2 on his port side.  O2 turned his vessel to the port to try to pass V1 on his starboard side. These turns were away from the nearest shoreline and drifting vessels.  As the vessels approached each other, each operator attempted a last minute correction, turning their respective vessels back towards the shoreline.  
  
  Immediately after this turn V1 struck V2 just forward of the windshield on the port side. O1 was ejected from the vessel.  After O1’s automatic inflatable PFD brought him to the surface he was being circled by V1 which now had no one on board to control the vessel.  O2 recognized the danger and used V2 to block V1 from O1.  O2 and V2P1 attempted to load O1 into V2 without success.  
  
  The occupants of V3 (O3, V3P1, V3P2) witnessed the collision and struggle to rescue O1.  O3 brought his vessel alongside V2 and V3P1 boarded V2 and assisted with the rescue.  V2 and V3 then went directly to the nearest boat ramp, Dude Ranch Lake Access where they were met by emergency personnel.
  
  V1 continued to run in a tight circle, turning to its starboard side, at approximately 10-15 mph (estimate from observers).  A LE vessel with two officers onboard was stationed near V1 to keep other vessels clear.  V1 ran aground and the engine quit at approximately 6:00 PM.  V1 was then towed to Dude Ranch Lake Access by the LE vessel.
  
  Operator1 had been drinking.