RedactedNarrative: Vessel collision with mangroves. On 7/2/2022 at approximately 0900 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call from dispatch advising of a boating accident in Barnes Sound. I made my way to a vessel and met Officer at Pennekamp State Park. We arrived on scene at approximately 0950 where we found United States Coast Guard station Islamorada on scene with two individuals on their vessel. We pulled alongside the Coast Guard vessel and spoke with the individuals that were involved in the accident. I asked them what happened and the male said that they were heading back to Miami from Key Largo last night and ran into the mangroves because of lack of visibility. I asked him who was driving and he said he was. Both individuals were given sworn written statements and asked to write down what happened. Occupant described the same situation as OP1 in her statement. We then went to the shoreline and found where the vessel had entered the mangroves. The vessel was sitting approximately 50 feet back into the mangroves. That area of Barnes Sound is the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge