RedactedNarrative: There was three boats heading south down the Wakulla River two of the boats were side by side each other. One of the two boats was a Carolina skiff with FL numbers (FL-1504-KF). The Carolina skiff was in the middle of the river with a small aluminum boat on its right hand side. They had just passed the resume safe operation sign in the Wakulla River and the two boats were coming up on plane to take off down the river. The Carolina skiff had eight occupants on board. The skiff was unable to fully get up on plane due to the number of occupants on board. The skiff was plowing and going at a slow speed down the river.
                  The third boat that took off a little after the first two was a green Sportsman with the FL numbers (FL-2331-RH) and it had five occupants on board.
                  The green sportsman was trying to overtake the Carolina skiff and the small Aluminum boat. The Sportsman took off and was up on a plane and proceeded to go around the skiff on its left hand side. The Sportsman passed the two boats on a slight curve in the river and got around the skiff. The Sportsman was now in the direct path to collide with an oncoming vessel that was heading northbound towards the Sportsman. The Sportsman saw the Epic Boat (FL-3287-RE) too late and cut the wheel to the right hard and caused the boat to catch a chine and abruptly change direction. When the boat changed direction suddenly, two of the passengers were thrown out of the boat according to witness statements, the Sportsman was now heading towards the Carolina skiff. The Epic Boat (FL-3287-RE) slowed down and turned to avoid running over the people that were thrown in the water from the Sportsman. The Epic boat with four people on board was now watching as the Sportsman was heading towards the skiff just missing the small aluminum boat. 
                  The Carolina skiff turned right and powered down the engine in an attempt to avoid the collision with the oncoming Sportsman. This made the bow of the skiff sit down in the water just before impact. The skiff made contact with the Sportsman on its starboard (right) side, Sportsman’s collided with the port (left) side of the skiff. The impact caused the two boats to bounce off of each other and head directly for the shoreline. The skiff powered down to avoid further damage but the Sportsman did not, which lead to it colliding with trees located along the shoreline. The Sportsman sustained most its damage when it impacted the trees on the shore of the river. The Sportsman was going so fast that it sheared off its lower unit above the bolt line when it impacted an object below the waterline (stump), which launched the vessel into the trees along the shoreline.      
                  The Carolina skiff had an occupant ejected from the boat when it made contact with the Sportsman. The person ejected sustained an injury to her right ankle do to the ejection. She was recovered from the water by her boyfriend and placed back on the boat. One other person also sustained injuries, due to being thrown down in the boat, she was checked the next day at the hospital and was found to have a concussion and back pains. Both Vessels lay adrift down the river until I arrived onscene.
  
  
  I took pictures of the two boats damage and the contents in the sportsman boat. The sportsman boat had empty beer cans scattered all over the boat and two coolers with alcohol…