RedactedNarrative: On April 25th, 2017, at approximately 11:15 a.m., a 18 foot Lowe Stinger boat, operated by Operator1, struck the port side of a 2013 AAG aluminum plate boat, operated by Operator2.  OPERATOR2 and his passenger suffered injuries beyond first aid.  OPERATOR2 was transported by the Lake of Egypt Fire and Rescue to Heartland Medical Center in Marion, Illinois.  V2 OCCUPANT was transported by the Lake of Egypt Fire and Rescue to their facility where he was air lifted to Deaconess Trauma Center in Evansville, Indiana.
  
  The collision occurred while OPERATOR1 was traveling on plane at approximately 25-40 miles per hour while making a left turn to the south west in Eagle Point Bay.  OPERATOR2 at the time of the collision, was traveling at approximately 10-15 miles per hour  in a southerly direction in Eagle Point Bay.  OPERATOR1 did not reduce speed or yield to OPERATOR2''s boat in order to avoid the collision.  The bow of OPERATOR1''s boat struck the port side of OPERATOR2''s boat before both boats came to a halt.    
   
      At approximately 4:00 p.m., I met OPERATOR1 at the Franklin Hospital in Benton.  I advised OPERATOR1 after taking his written statement and from the statement given by OPERATOR2 a determination had been made. OPERATOR1 operated in a careless manner by failing to reduce speed and failing to yield to OPERATOR2''s boat in order to avoid a collision.  OPERATOR1 was also advised he violated the crossing navigation rule by unlawfully crossing the path of OPERATOR2''s boat.  OPERATOR1 was required to yield to OPERATOR2''s boat  due to it being to his  right giving OPERATOR2  the  right of  way under boat navigation rules.
  