From what I read it was a 70 year old man behind the wheel of the boat. He was sitting down and said he couldn't see over the bow of the boat. His nephew also said he had been on his phone while driving the boat but it didn't say if he was actually using it at the time of the crash. He has criminal charges against him that he has pleaded not guilty to and the people of the other boat are suing him for damages. This happened in the mouth of the Columbia river in Oregon and was reported by the Oregonian newspaper.