RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR STATED THAT THE 2 BOYS HAD BEEN SWIMMING AND JUST GOT BACK BOAT. OPERATOR STATED THAT HEY WERE GOING TO MOVE UP THE MEHERRIN RIVER IN THE DIRECTION OF WILLIAMS FISHERY.  OPERATOR STATED HIS SON AND HIS SON'S FRIEND WERE SITTING IN THE BOW SECTION OF THE BOAT.  friend WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF OPERATOR AND son WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW.  OPERATOR STATED THEY WERE 20 TO 30 YARDS FROM SHORE WHEN THEY GOT ON PLANE AND TRAVELED MAYBE 300 YARDS UP RIVER WHEN THE BOAT TRUNED SHARP TO THE RIGHT.  OPERATOR STATED BY THE TIME HE REACTED THE BOAT WAS IN THE TREE LINE.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HIS SON AND HIS SON'S FRIEND WERE BOTH EJECTED FROM THE BOAT OVER THE BOW INTO THE WOODS, THE BOAT CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE WITH THE BOW POINTING UP INTO THE TREE TOPS AND THE ENGINE DOWN IN THE MUD.  A PASSING BOATER CAME BY AND CARRIED THEM TO SHORE TO MEET EMS.
  
  OPERATOR STATED THAT THE PFD'S WERE ON THE FLOOR BY THE SEAT.  NO ONE WAS WEARING A PFD.
  
NameOfBodyOfWater: MEHERRIN RIVER
NearestCityTown: MURFREESBORO                  