RedactedNarrative: On December 26th, at approximately 15:00 hours, I, Officer with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) responded to a vessel accident at a place commonly known as East Marsh, in Indian River County. The accident involved two airboats making contact at a narrow intersection. 
  
  Vessel 1 (V1) was traveling West with 2 occupants and vessel 2 (V2) was traveling South with three occupants. As the vessels approached the intersection, V1 made a right (starboard) turn to the North along the same canal as V2. Both vessels attempted evasive maneuvers, V2 continued course headed South and operated the airboat to the furthest right as possible. V1, while in the apex of the turn attempted to slow down and correct hard right away from V2. V1 struck the port side cage of V2, causing shards of metal and fiber glass to be expelled from the vessel. 	
  
  	Two occupants on V2 were struck by debris causing one victim to have a small laceration the back of the head/neck, the other victim was struck in the arm causing a scrape. V1 was still operational and transported both victims back to the boat ramp. V2 was inoperable due to a damaged propeller. Both victims were transported to Lawnwood Medical in Fort Pierce.
  
  Subject1 was struck the back of the neck with debris from the collision of the two airboats. Subject had a small laceration on the left back side of his neck. ; Subject2 was struck with a piece of debris from the impact of the airboats. Subject was struck in his upper left arm.
  