RedactedNarrative: On Friday, March 02, 2018; at approximately 1530 hours, I was notified by Sergeant of a boat incident which occurred early that morning on Lake Seminole in Decatur County.  I then called Game Warden First Class (GWFC) who was on scene at the incident. GWFC said the incident occurred between  0735 and 0745 hours. GWFC said two vessels had collided during a Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) bass tournament. One person was seriously injured during the incident and was taken to the hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. GWFC said the vessels involved and the other occupants had left the area. GWFC said the owner and operator of vessel one had drove back home. GWFC said the owner and operator of vessel two would be returning for the tournament the next day. I arranged a time of 1600 hours for March 03, 2018 to meet with GWFC and the operator of vessel two.
  
      On Saturday, March 03, 2018; at 1600 hours I met GWFC at the Earle May Boat Basin in Bainbridge Georgia. GWFC gave me his notes with vessel operator’s names, the injured person’s name, other vessel occupants name’s as well as names of witness’. 
  
  The operator of vessel two was Operator2. Operator2 was sitting in his vessel at the landing in the water waiting his turn to pull the vessel out of the water. Once Operator2 was able to get his vessel out of the water we had him park on the side near the boat landing. I turned my body camera on and began to interview Operator2. Operator2 said he was coming out of Sealey’s cut from Spring Creek back out to the main river channel. Operator2 said when he saw the other vessel and he thought they were going to crash, he pulled the throttle back and turned his vessel to the left. Operator2 showed me on his GPS Lowrance unit where he believed they were at the time of the incident. Operator2 gave me a GPS coordinate of N 30 45.464  W 84 50.570. After the interview I took pictures of Operator2’s vessel and measurements of the damage. Operator2’s vessel sustained scratches and some fiberglass damage to the bow of the vessel. I then asked Operator2 for permission to take his Lowrance unit so I could download the GPS data; Operator2 gave me permission and signed a consent to search form. I concluded my interview with Operator2 and inspection of his vessel.
  
      On Monday, March 05, 2018; I was on my way to Cloudland Canyon State Park for GPS Forensics training. On the way I went to Operator1 residence. Operator1 is the operator and owner of the vessel one. Once at the residence, I turned on my body camera on and conducted an interview with Operator1. Operator1 said he was in the main channel heading up stream when he saw another vessel coming out to the channel from another creek. Operator1 said when he saw the other vessel was getting close and it looked as though they were going to crash he pulled back on his throttle and turned right. I then began to take photographs and measurements of Operator1’s vessel. Operator1’s vessel is nineteen feet long, the damage is on the passenger or port side of the vessel. The damage begins at the passenger / port side gunwale at eleven feet from the tip of the bow and continues to fourteen feet nine inches. The total width of the damage is three feet nine inches and its depth is ten inches from the top of the gunwale. The passenger seat is slightly damaged. The damage was due to the bow of vessel two going through the hull. After finishing photographs and measurements I asked Operator1 if I could have his Lowrance unit so I could download the GPS data. Operator1 gave me permission and signed a consent to search form.
   
     On Tuesday, March 06, 2018; at Cloudland Canyon State Park, I was able to download the data from both GPS Lowrance units. 
  
      On Sunday, March 11, 2018; I conducted a phone interview with the person who was injured during the incident