RedactedNarrative: CPL. AND I, RFC, RESPONDED TO THE LAKE FROM CEDARTOWN. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE LAKE AND FINDING NO ONE WE THEN STOPPED AT THE POLICE OFFICE IN BUCHANAN. THE POLICE ADVISED US THAT THE OPERATOR OF THE BOAT HAD BEEN TAKEN TO HIGGINS GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BREMEN. AT THE HOSPITAL WE INTERVIEWED THE OPERATOR FROM DALLAS. OPERATOR STATED HE HAD BEEN BASS FISHING ON THE LAKE FOR A FEW MINUTES WHEN HE NOTICED HIS 1989 STRATOS BASS BOAT GETTING LOWER TO THE WATER IN THE BACK. HE WALKED FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK AND OPENED THE BACK LID TO FIND THE WATER OVER THE BATTERIES. HE STATED HE GOT A LIFE JACKET AND THE BOAT TURNED OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WHEN THE BOAT WAS UPSIDE DOWN HE CLIBED ON TOP OF IT AND THEN SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIS HEAD, BACK AND SHOULDER ON THE MOTOR. HE BEGAN TO SWIM AND YELL FOR HELP. A FISHERMAN PICKED HIM UP AND TOOK HIM TO SHORE AND OPERATOR CALLED 911 FROM HIS TRUCK. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO HIGGINS GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BREMEN. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.
NameOfBodyOfWater: VFW LAKE
NearestCityTown: BUCHANAN                      