RedactedNarrative: On 1/25/16, at approximately 11:45 a.m., Sr. Agent was notified of a boat incident that had occurred in Bayou Blue about 1 mile south of the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Mary Parish.  Sr. Agent was given a phone number to contact one of the operators involved in the incident.  Sr. Agent called the number and made contact with Operator2.  Sr. Agent asked Operator2 if anybody that was involved in the incident was injured.  Operator2 stated that nobody was injured and both boats could be driven back to the boat launch.  Sr. Agent advised Operator2 to return to the boat launch and he would meet all parties involved at the boat launch.  Upon arriving at the Franklin boat launch, Sr. Agent spoke with the operators of the vessels, identified as Operator2 and Operator1.  After speaking with Operator2 and Operator1, St. Agent determined that the two vessels met up in a sharp turn.  
   
  Once the two vessels met up in the sharp turn, Operator2 maneuvered his vessel as far to his right as possible and attempted to come off plane.  Operator1 attempted to maneuver his vessel to the right, but his vessel began to slide to the left.  Operator1 attempted to jerk his steering wheel to the left in an effort to get his vessel to turn, but realized that he did not have enough time.  Once Operator1 realized that he could not get his vessel to turn, he shifted his throttle into neutral then reverse in an attempt to avoid collision.  Operator1's action of shifting his throttle into reverse did not allow him to avoid collision, at which time his port side bow of his vessel collided with the port side bottom section of Operator2's vessel. 
   
  Once vessel1 collided with Operator2's vessel, it caused Operator2's vessel to enter a patch of bushes on the starboard side of Operator2's vessel.  Upon impact, Operator1's left knee struck his helm in two locations, causing two dents and his helm to come loose.  Operator2 and his passenger did not get injured as a result of the collision, but Operator2's steering wheel did get bent.  All parties involved were wearing PFD's during the incident and alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be contributing factors.
   
  