On Tuesday, March 13, 2012, subject was fishing, from a boat on Clinton Lake, with his brother and a friend.  Upon returning to the Clinton Lake West Side Access Area, operator operated his watercraft alongside the dock.  The vessel was not secured to the dock.  subject2 exited the vessel and went up to the parking lot to retrieve the truck and boat trailer.  subject1 lost his balance while attempting to exit the boat.  He fell out of the boat, into the water, in between the dock and watercraft.  After falling into the lake, subject2 was able to grab onto the boat dock but did not have the strength to pull himself out of the water.  operator held onto his brother until subject3 returned to the ramp with the truck and trailer.  subject3 helped operator hold onto subject2 but the men could not pull subject2 out of the water. subject3  called 911 on his cell phone.  EMS responded to the scene and pulled subject2 out of the lake.  subject2 was not wearing a life vest at he time of the accident.  He was transported to Bromenn Medical Center in Bloomington, Illinois where he was treated for hypothermia.

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