RedactedNarrative: On june 15, 2021 i, indiana conservation officer, was notified by my dispatch that a boat accident had just occurred at approximately 2015 hours on the ohio river. I was currently out of town for training and asked dispatch to send the local pd to the scene to assist and obtain an initial report. Jeffersonville fire and police department responded to the scene. I notified them that i would follow up with everyone involved at a later time. 
  	on june 26, i spoke with the operator/owner of the 2000 18ft bryant with the hull identification number bra18123k900 (boat 2). I asked operator2 to walk me through what happened from the best of his recollection. He stated he and two of his friends were at the boat club in louisville playing tennis. He said they had left the club and headed upstream to "party cove" on the indiana side of the river at approximately mile marker 597. 
  
  He said he approached party cove at a diagonal angle from the kentucky side of six mile island and at which time he did not see a boat close to him coming up the channel on the indiana side of six mile island. He started to slow his speed waiting for a couple boats to enter and exit the cove. He stated he was slowly approaching the cove for about a minute or two. He then heard his passenger yell "boat" and within seconds they were hit by another boat. 
  
  I asked where everyone was sitting in his boat. He stated that he was in the captain's chair, v2 subject1 was in the port (left) side passenger seat, and v2 subject2 was on the back bench seat. He stated that he believed the boat hit his boat on the back left side. I asked if any alcohol was consumed prior to the incident and he stated he had not had any alcohol. I asked him how long he has been operating a boat. He stated he has been operating this boat for approximately 2 years and has been operating other boats for many years. He stated he has not taken any type of boater's education course before. I asked what injuries he sustained and he stated he has a welp/cut on his forehead, laceration on his head, gash on his back, and abrasions on his shoulder and legs. 
  
                 on june 26, i spoke with v2 subject2, who was identified as a passenger on boat 2. V2 subject2 stated he was sitting in the back bench seat of the boat. He stated they were coming from the south of the river on the kentucky side of six mile island and turned across heading diagonal towards the cove. He stated there weren't that many boats on the river, however he has a recollection that there was another boat on their left side after they cleared the island. As they approached the cove he noticed one boat going in the cove and another heading out of the cove and said the drive of his boat started slowing down. At that point he looked over his shoulder and noticed the bow of boat 1 right next to their boat. He said he believes he was knocked unconscious at some point and doesn't remember anything until he was woken up by the other passenger on his boat, v2 subject1. I asked him was injuries he sustained, and he stated he had a gash on his forehead and his hips/thigh/shoulder were swollen and bruised. 
  
               on june 26, i spoke with v2 subject1, who was identified as a passenger on boat 2. I asked him to walk me through what happened. He stated they were heading upriver towards party cove. He said they passed six mile island and pulled up towards the cove. He stated as they slowed down he turned around and looked behind them for other boats and immediately noticed a larger boat about to collide with them. He yelled boat and the two boats collided. I asked him what injuries he sustained and he stated he had six lacerations on his hands, laceration on his right knee, and cuts all over his body from glass. 
  
  
  On june 26, i spoke with the operator/owner of boat 1. I asked him to walk me through what happened. He stated he was in a 40ft sea ray heading up the indiana side of six mile island. He stated they were idling along at approximately 12 mph (2500-2800rpm). He stated as he cleared the island, it was pretty active around the entrance of party cove. He stated he had a spotter in the port side passenger seat. He noticed two boats heading his direction on his starboard (right) side coming from other side of the island. He noticed a runabout paralleling him, appearing to be heading towards the bridge upriver. 
  
  Operator1 put his attention towards party cove to watch the boats coming out and entering the main channel where he was. He said he looked back to his starboard side to see where the small runabout boat went and noticed it had gotten closer to him and turned directly towards party cove in his path. He said the occupants of boat 2 were all looking away. He stated it looked like he had enough room to still clear them, however he still pulled his starboard throttle all the way back and cut his wheel hard right. He stated that he noticed the operator of boat 2 pull his throttle back to neutral and stopped dead in his path. 
  
  He stated they were so close that there was nothing he could do. He said he collided with their boat just astern where boat 2's window comes down to meet the gunwale. I asked operator1 if he had taken a boaters education course before and he stated he has taken one. He stated he has been operating a boat for about 40 years on the river and has had this boat since august 2020. 
  
  I asked him if he had consumed any alcohol and he stated he did not have anything to drink. He stated his boat sustained very little damage in plain view however will be taking his boat into the shop to have it looked at. He stated there were no injuries to him or his passengers. 
  
  On june 26, i spoke with a passenger on boat 1. He stated they were heading upstream and noticed a small runabout running parallel to them on starboard side after they cleared the island. He stated it appeared the smaller boat was running a little faster than them and was approximately 60 yards away. He said he looked down at the speedometer and noticed the rpm's were at about 3000. He asked operator1 how fast that was and he said about 12-13 knots. He stated that he looked back up at the smaller boat and all of a sudden the smaller boat made a ninety degree hard turn across their path. They then collided with boat 2. 
  
  On june 26, i spoke with the remaining passengers on boat 1. All they recall is that they heard operator1 start yelling at boat 2 and then heard/felt a crash of some sort. 
  
  On june 26, i spoke with a witness on an unrelated boat on the river. I asked subject7 to walk me through what happened. He stated that the smaller boat was heading towards the cove at a slow speed and was there for a couple minutes prior to the incident. He said the larger boat was cruising along and was far behind the smaller boat. The larger boat then collided with the smaller boat and kicked the smaller boat out away to its left. 
  
  	i was provided the initial report and photos taken by jeffersonville pd. The initial impact appeared to occur at the back left side of the boat approximately one to two feet from the back corner. Boat 1 appeared to then travel over boat 2 on the stern side and the bow of boat 1 exited boat 2 just astern of the captain's chair. Boat 2 most likely turned port side after the impact and kicked away from boat 1. The mid-ves
  