OPERATOR STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING DOWN RIVER TOWARD THE BOAT RAMP WHEN HE CAME AROUND A CURVe AND THE WAKE FROM THE REAR OF A BARGE SWAMPED HIS VESSEL CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER AND EJECTING OPERATOR AND PASSENGER. OPERATOR STATED THE BARGE WAS HEADED UPSTREAM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO HANG ON TO A BOUY UNTIL PICKED UP BY ANOTHER VESSEL. THE OPERATOR SWAM TO SHORE.  BOTH OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE NOT WEARING PFD'S BUT STATED THEY WERE BOTH ABLE TO PUT THEM ON BEFORE THE VESSEL FLIPPED OVER. ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.
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