OWNER STATED THAT HE AND CASUALTY VICTIM WENT FOR A BOAT RIDE.  OWNER STATED THAT THEY PUT HIS VESSEL IN THE WATER WITH CASUALTY VICTIM OPERATING IT FROM THE BOAT RAMP AND GOING UP RIVER. OWNER STATED THE VESSEL TRAVELED FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND CAUSALTY VICTIM PUT THE VESSEL IN NEUTRAL, REMOVED HIS SHOES AND SOCKS, THEN HANDED THE OWNER HIS WATCH, ASKING VESSEL OWNER TO HOLD IT. VESSEL OWNER THEN TOOK THE WATCH INSTRUCTING THE VICTIM NOT TO JUMP IN IWTHOUT A PFD.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THE CASUALTY VICTIM IGNORED HIM JUMPING OVER THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESEEL. THE CASUALTY VICTIM CAME UP ONE TIME, HIS FACE A FEW INCHES OUT OF THE WATER AND THEN WENT UNDER AND NEVER RESURFACED.  OPERATOR PADDLED TOWARD CASUALTY VICTIM THROWING HIM A PFD. OPEATOR THE DROVE THE VESSEL AROUND LOOKING FOR HIM FOR SHORT TIME THEN WENT BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP. OPERATOR CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. BODY WAS RECOVERED. CORONER DECLARED CAUSE OF DEATH AS DROWNING. AND THE DRUG PCP WAS FOUND IN THE FATAL VICTIMS BLOOD. NO PFD WAS BEING WORN OR USED.
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