RedactedNarrative: On 6/25/2022 at approximately 1630 hours, I was dispatched to a boating accident with injuries. The location was in the Withlacoochee River near an area known as "Big Blue." Lieutenant, Officer Specialist, and I responded by airboat to the scene.
  
  	We located the vessel, a blue airboat bearing registration FL9135ES which was partially sunk and being recovered by several individuals. I observed the blue airboat with its bow toward a large cypress tree which had evident damage. I identified the owner/operator, who explained what led to the collision. 
  
  	While traveling upstream in the Withlacoochee River, Operator1 operated the airboat out of the main waterway and into a narrow canal. As the airboat rounded a curve, Operator1 realized that there was an obstruction, a fallen tree, in his path. Operating at speeds on plane, and without time to take proper action to avoid collision, Operator1 attempted to operate the airboat around the fallen tree. The airboat then struck, at its rear starboard area, a standing cypress tree, and caused a secondary collision, at the airboat's port side bow area, with another standing cypress tree. During these collisions, the front passenger was forced from his seat and impacted an unknown object that caused a laceration to his right leg. Operator1 and the rear seat passenger were uninjured. The airboat was partially sunk and resting on the river bottom.
  
  	Anthony was transported by Citrus County Fire and Rescue to the Citrus Memorial Hospital where he was treated with stitches to the laceration. 
  
  	Operator1's operation of the airboat, operating at speeds on plane around a curve where there was unknown risk of collision, failed to maintain a proper sight so that he could fully appraise the situation and risk of collision. 
  
  	The airboat was recovered by Operator1 and several other individuals. Operator1 was cited for violation of navigational rules, failure to maintain proper lookout, which caused an accident not involving serious bodily injury or death. Victim had an injury to leg, treated at hospital and released shortly after.
  