RedactedNarrative: On June 5, 2016 at approximately 1545 hours, in the eddy area downriver of the wash just South of Community Park, Subject1 attempted to rescue Subject2 who was in distress. Meanwhile Subject1 left Operator2 on V2 without a key to properly start V2; therefore V2 was adrift in this eddy area. 
  
  Operator1 operated V1 in to an unknown object causing damage to his steering capabilities of V1. Operator1 continued to operate V1 in an upriver direction as he was attempting to reach the shoreline while under power, with no steering available and little to no throttle applied. A collision between V1 and V2 occurred, causing damage and no injuries. Following the initial collision, a secondary collision between V1 and V2 occurred that appeared to cause little to no damage and no injuries.
  
       Neither party violated any laws as both parties were in distress and unable to sufficiently operate their vessels away from danger when the collision was imminent. Neither party took sufficient forethought to avoid the collision, such as turning off V1 to stop making powered headway or manually lifting the safety latch on V2 so that it could be started and operated away from danger when sufficient time was available. Therefore, regardless of a rescue attempt being made while the collision occurred, both parties are culpable for this collision