RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR 1 WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1 WHILE TRAVELING DOWNSTREAM AS OPERATOR 2 WAS OPERATING VESSEL 2 WHILE TRAVELING UPSTREAM. AS OPERATOR 1 AND 2 REALIZED THEY WERE MEETING HEAD-ON OPERATOR 1 TURNED VESSEL 1 TOWARDS THE PORT SIDE, WHILE OPERATOR 2 TURNED VESSEL 2 TOWARDS THE STARBOARD SIDE. OPERATOR 1 TURNED VESSEL 1 DIRECTLY INTO THE PATH OF VESSEL 2 AND TRIED TO AVOID A COLLISION BY TURNING TOWARDS THE STARBOARD. OPERATOR 2 SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES FROM THE COLLISION. VESSEL 1 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BOW, WHILE VESSEL 2 SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE RESULTING IN IT BEING A TOTAL LOSS.