On 4/7/2013 at 1354 hours I was dispatched to the Oakley Reservoir for a boat that had flipped over in the water. Dispatch advised one person was in the water and had been for about 15 minutes. Sgt. advised me he was at the boat house getting the boat to head my way. Reserve Deputy and Lt. were also coming with the boat. The dive team was also paged out and I requested Oakley QRU and LR-1. 

I arrived on scene a few minutes later and could see people gathered near the water on the north side. I could see a grey colored object in the water about 100 yards to the south. About 20 yards to the west of the boat I could see a subject lying on his back in the water. I made contact with WITNESS who saw the male tip over and called 911. WITNESS said the wind was blowing really hard and the waves were about 4 to 5 feet tall. WITNESS said when the boat tipped over the male kept trying to pull himself up onto the boat. I asked if he saw other people in the boat, and he said no.

I made contact with two subjects. Both said they had tried to swim out to the male, but the water was so cold they had to return to shore. I grabbed my throw bag and some rope I carry and tied them together to see if we could throw it out to the male. Subject1 grabbed the end of the rope and went back into the water to try to get closer to the male to throw him the rope. Subject1 again had to return to shore. I kept watching the male to see if he would move. The male would occasionally raise his head.

After about 15 more minutes I could see the male starting to struggle more and more. The male was no longer lying on his back, and his head kept going under. The wind had moved the male to the east side of the reservoir about 200-300 yards away from the bank. Sgt. arrived on scene with the boat and I helped him launch it. I directed Sgt., Lt., and Reservist to where the male was floating. 

After the male was put in the boat Lt. advised the male was not breathing and CPR was in progress. I directed Sgt. to the bank where I was because the water was deeper near there and they could bring the boat right up to the bank. As Sgt. brought in the boat I grabbed it and held it for the EMS crew. We got a back board on the boat, put the male on it and began strapping him on. Reserveist asked me to take over on CPR so he could catch his breath. We carried the male over to the ambulance, and he was taken to the hospital. Sgt and Reserve Deputy went back and retrieved the boat.

I had dispatch send the next non preference tow to my location, Motion Motors arrived a while later and took possession of the boat and of the males vehicle. I was also advised by dispatch the male did not survive and Cassia County Coroner was en-route to the hospital. I cleared the scene and responded to the hospital and met with coroner. The victim was identified. I made contact with Victim's sister and brother in law. I gave sister Victim's wallet and told them how sorry I was for their loss. I gave them my card and told them if they needed anything to contact me. I asked Sister how long Victim had his boat, and she said he had just got it. He loved to fish and had just retired. Sister said he was getting his boat ready for the summer and was going to take it out to see how it acted. coroner said he had taken photographs of the body and he would drop them off at the office. 
Coroner also said he would collect blood and urine and would let me know of the results. Coroner believed the cause of death was hypothermia and drowning. I will update this report when I get the blood results from Coroner.
Oakley