RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, September 28, 2019 at roughly 19:25 EST, Officer received a call from KSP Post 4 about a non-injury boat accident on the Ohio River, near the river bend at Otter Creek Park. Dispatch advised two boats had collided and were heading towards the Brandenburg boat ramp to await for an officer. Due to overtime issues, Officer was not able to respond, but was able to make contact with a Brandenburg Police Officer and he would gather the information and contact numbers for all parties involved. 
  
  Officer arrived on scene at roughly 19:48 EST, called me stating that Operator1 and Subject1 were traveling downriver and did not see Operator2’s vessel due to the sun's position, and collided with Operator2's vessel causing all three occupants to jump off the vessel prior to impact. Officer administered a preliminary breath test to Operator1, which registered a minimal amount of alcohol in their system. Officer gathered vessel information and phone numbers for all parties and instructed each vessel owner that Officer would be contacting them tomorrow to follow up.
  
  On Sunday, September 29, 2019, Officer first visited Operator2's (Vessel 2) residence and took pictures of his vessel that had major damage on the port side gunwale, and Operator2 wrote a voluntary statement on the incident. Operator2 stated that he and two occupants were catfishing on the river, drifting downstream, and noticed a vessel heading towards them. When Operator2 and the two occupants noticed the vessel was not seeing them, they began to wave their hands and yell. The last image Operator2 saw, before he jumped into the river, was Operator1 looking at each other and appeared to be talking. Operator1's vessel hit the port side of Operator2’s vessel and went up and over the gunwale. After the collision Operator1 pulled the three individuals into their boat to make sure they all were okay, two individuals stayed in the vessel while one drove Operator2's vessel back to the Brandenburg boat ramp.
  
  Officer then drove to Operator1's (Vessel 1) residence to take pictures of their damage and gather vessel information as well as obtain a voluntary statement from both parties. Operator1 stated that her and her husband just finished eating and swimming with friends around the Otter Creek / Ohio River area and were heading downriver. When they came around the river bend (river marker 637) the sun was in Operator1’s eyes, she stated she was scanning for objects and made sure to stay in the channel to keep away from floating debris. Operator1 stated she did not see Operator2’s vessel due to the camouflage color and the sun’s position. As soon as she collided with his vessel, she stopped and looked around for the occupants and made sure they were okay. The vessel had a large indention to the port side hull and the vessel was starting to take on water. They took two of Operator2’s occupants and both vessels made their way back to the boat ramp. Operator1 did state they had an alcoholic beverage prior to coming out on the water, but did not have anything else while they were boating. It is this officers professional opinion the major contributing factors to this incident were the environmental factors and the inattentiveness of vessel 1 operator (Operator1).                                                                                                                                    
  									
  
  