RedactedNarrative: According to occupant and operator statements obtained to date:
  
  On Saturday, September 5th, 2020, at approximately 21:21 hrs, a Nitro being operated by V1 Operator (Vessel 1) was travelling downstream from the Three Springs area of Cherokee Lake when it met a Skeeter bass boat being operated by V2 Operator (Vessel 2). 
  
  Vessel 2 was travelling upstream from the vicinity of Anderson Bend. Neither operator saw the other vessel until a collision was unavoidable. Both operators turned their vessels to their respective port, and the vessels came together in a sideswipe manner on their starboard sides. V2 Operator was able to turn Vessel 2 more sharply than V1 Operator was able to turn Vessel 1, with the result that Vessel 2 heeled more sharply to port and the starboard side of Vessel 2 was higher. This caused the starboard side of Vessel 2 to ramp up and over the starboard side of Vessel 1. 
  
  During the impact, V2 Operator bruised his right ribs on the gunnel of Vessel 2. The impact also caused a passenger in Vessel 2, V2 Passenger 1, to fall on V2 Operator. This fall caused a fracture in V2 Operator's left pelvis. V2 Operator was transported to the Holston Valley Medical Center by Hawkins County EMS. After the collision, the operators beached both vessels on the shore.
  
  
  This occurred in Hawkins County, Tennessee.