Friends had been drinking at a party and decided to go for a boat ride. As they started to go out into the lake the boat started to fill up with water. They tried to bail it out, but at one point the boat finally was too full of water and was beginning to sink. Operator of boat had the idea to flip the boat over upside down and hold onto it and try to call for help and swim it to shore but then stated that he got too tired and they all started to swim in by themselves at which time he was separated from his two friends and did not know where they were. Deputy encountered a male on shore who was the operator of the boat. He was transported to hospital for a cut on his leg that needed stitches. The other two occupants were found at a nearby residence.
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