RedactedNarrative: On September 13, 2021, at approximately 1700 a two-vessel crash happened in Juniper Creek, in Marion County, Florida. 
  Vessel 1 (V1), a 2013, 13’ homemade fiberglass airboat displaying Florida registration numbers FL0947PM was occupied by two adults and a child.
  Vessel 2 (V2), a 2008, 13’ Airboats Inc. aluminum airboat displaying Florida registration numbers FL3024NT was occupied by two adults.
  V1 was traveling up stream on plane and V2 was traveling downstream at an idle when they met on the inside of a blind curve. V1 turned to Port and V2 turned to Starboard causing the vessels to collide head-on causing injuries to one adult and one child in V1 and one adult in V2. Life jackets were not used.
  INVESTIGATION
  	On September 13, 2021, at approximately 1700, two airboats were traveling in opposite directions on Juniper Creek in Marion County, Florida. All of Juniper Creek is either a slow speed or an idle speed zone. The portion in Volusia County is a slow speed zone, the portion in Marion County is an idle speed zone.
  	Vessel 1 (V1) is a 2013, 13’ homemade fiberglass airboat displaying Florida registration numbers FL0947PM and was operated by OP1. His passengers were his fiancée and son.
  	Vessel 2 (V2) is a 2008, 13’ Airboats Inc. aluminum airboat displaying Florida registration numbers FL3024NT and was operated by OP2 and passenger.
  	V1 was traveling upstream on a plane, V2 was traveling downstream at an idle. Both vessels entered the blind corner at approximately the same time. When V1 saw V2, it turned to Port, striking V2 in the bow with the starboard bow of V1. The bow of V1 went under the bow of V2, causing V2 to strike both passengers of V1. V2’s passenger, was thrown into V1, receiving an injury to his knee. Both passengers in V1 sustained injuries to their lower legs.
  	V2 Passenger stayed on V1 and helped care for V1 passengers while OP1 operated V1 to Juniper Wayside Park. OP2 operates V2 to the same location. Victim was flown by medical helicopter to Shands Hospital in Gainesville. Passenger 1 was taken by ambulance to Ocala Regional Medical Center. Passenger 2 was treated for a laceration on his knee at the scene by Marion County Fire Rescue personnel. Neither operator was injured.
  	Investigators interviewed both operators and the V2 passenger at the scene. Below are brief excerpts of those post-Miranda interviews.
  V1 operator:
  •	Went to work 
  •	He got off about 4
  •	Loaded up
  •	Came up the run 
  •	Came sliding around the left-hand curve
  •	Saw the other airboat about a boat length away
  •	He turned to the left to try to get away from him
  •	He shut his boat off
  •	Right after the crash, he called 911
  •	Passenger 1 was in the top right seat
  •	Son was in the bottom seat right
  
  Passenger V1. Interviewed by FWC at the hospital on 9/13/21
  •	They were traveling upriver at a slow speed
  •	They were in the middle of the river
  •	They were going around a left-hand curve
  •	She saw another airboat moving slow hugging that boat’s right-hand shoreline
  •	She was seated on the upper right seat
  •	Operator 1 was driving from the upper left seat
  •	Son was in the lower right seat
  •	The dog was in the lower left seat
  
  V2 operator:
  •	He was traveling downstream on Juniper creek at idle
  •	He went around a right-hand corner
  •	When he saw the other airboat, he turned to the right
  •	Kid and woman on other boat were hurt
  •	He called 911
  •	He told other airboat to go to the SR19 bridge
  •	He then went to the SR19 bridge
  
  Passenger V2:
  •	They went upriver then turned around
  •	Stayed on the right side of the river
  •	Headed towards the lake
  •	They were going around a right-hand corner
  •	They collided
  •	He ended up in the other airboat
  •	He held on to the female passenger from the other airboat while they went t
  