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Two of the surviving victims of the deadly boat crash on Smith Lake are considering legal action. On Wednesday, April 16, three people were killed and three others were injured when two boats collided on Smith Lake during the Major League Fishing Tackle Warehouse Invitational Tournament. Joey M. Broom, 58, of Altoona, John K. Clark, 44, of Cullman, and Jeffrey C. Little, 62, of Brandon, Mississippi, were all killed when the Center Console boat they were on was struck by a Nitro Bass Boat. Two other men on board the Center Console vessel, Gary W. Holcomb, 51, of Cullman, and Luke H. Morgan, 30, of Albertville, were injured in the crash and transported to UAB Hospital.Major League fisherman Flint Davis, 22, of Leesburg, Georgia, who was the operator of the Nitro Bass Boat, was also injured and transported to Cullman Regional Hospital.In the days following the crash, two of the men injured, Holcomb and Morgan, retained legal representation from the law firm Farris, Riley & Pitt. According to a statement from attorney Ken Riley, the law firm is working with state and local law enforcement to investigate the crash. “As our clients recover, we will leverage every resource possible to hold those responsible for this needless, avoidable disaster accountable and ensure that a tragedy like this is prevented in the future.”Riley did not specifically say who they were planning to target with their legal action, but in a written response to �������� 13’s Aryon Lewallen, the legal team indicated that there could be several people involved in the potential lawsuit. “We have several potential defendants–ranging from the operator of the vessel that struck our clients to potentially the Major League Fishing organization–and we will focus our efforts as our investigation unfolds."Officials have not released a cause for the boat crash. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Marine Patrol Division is leading the investigation.