AROUND MIDNIGHT SIX PEOPLE RODE A SMALL BOAT OUT TO AN ISLAND TO RECREATE. AROUND 3AM ON THEIR RETURN TO THE BOAT OWNER'S CABIN, THE BOAT TOOK ON WATER OVER THE BOW SINCE THE BOAT WAS OVERLOADED. WITH WATER RUSHING OVER THE BOW, THE PASSENGERS PANICKED & THE BOAT ROLLED OVER--CAPSIZED. OPERATOR & PASSENGERS (EXCEPT ONE) STAYED NEAR THE CAPSIZED BOAT. ONE PERSON (VICTIM) SWAM FOR THE SHORE TO GET HELP OR A CANOE TO RETURN TO THE OVERTURNED BOAT. THIS SWIMMER GOT HALF WAY TO THE SHORE & YELLED FOR HELP. TWO PASSENGERS THEN LEFT THE BOAT & SWAM TOWARD THE VICTIM. TWO WITNESSES IN A CANOE REACHED THE VICTIM FIRST & TRANSPORTED HIM TO SHORE WHERE CPR WAS PERFORMED. CPR WAS CONTINUED BY MILLTOWN EMS WHO TRANSPORTED THE VICTIM TO A MEDICAL FACILITY WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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