RedactedNarrative: Vessel -1 [V-1] was operating his vessel at the rear of Vessel -2 [V-2] [Victim}. They were traveling upriver from Harts Springs on the Suwannee River.   Operator2 attempted to turn his vessel around toward Turning Point Landing, downriver from their location. This turning action placed Vessel -2 in the path of Vessel -1. The operator of V-1 could not avoid striking the left [port] side of V-2. The impact caused the Victim to sustain severe injuries. 
  
  The known injury was an open compound fracture to his left arm in the area of his elbow and an unknown injury in the area of the left side of his chest.   The Victim was flown to UF Health Shands Hospital at 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608 for non-life-threatening injuries. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC] Division of Law Enforcement is leading an ongoing investigation into the incident.
  
   V2 & V3 were riding parallel, and the third Jet-powered boat [V1] was further behind approximately 75 to 100 yards. When V2 & V3 past the area of  408 NE 838th, Old Town, FL 32680, a decision was made by both operators of the vessels to turn around because they were going in the wrong direction. Based on the video footage, the operator of V1 was approximately 70 to 100 yards behind V2 and V3 when the decision was made to turn around. 
  
  The operator of V1 was not aware that the operators of V2 and V3 made a decision to turn around. He [V1] stated, “I did not see his [V2] rooster tail come down to indicate that he was slowing down.” This understanding is based on the idea that the faster a boat moves, the taller and more pronounced the rooster tail becomes. The operator of V2 was also not aware the operator of V1 was trailing them. [V2] stated, “My understanding was that V1 was heading back to the boat ramp, and I did not realize that he was following us.” The operator of V2 was turning [U-turn] around to proceed in the opposite direction when the operator of the V1 vessel was approaching the V2 location at an unknown speed. 
  
  ; OPERATOR2:Broken Ribs and broken bone left elbow; operator1:Unknown injuries
  