Operator (victim) and passenger were fishing on the Current River on 09/28/10.  They had motored up river and at approx. 2:25 they were motoring back down when they struck a submerged log.  Operator was ejected and V1 began circling out of control and struck the operator.  The passenger was finally able to make his way to the back of V1 and gain control.  By this time V1 had run into some floating logs and it took the passenger a few minutes to get free.  Once free, the passenger proceeded to go to the operator who had been treading water.  As he approached he noticed the operator had severe trauma to his facial area.  The operator started to go under and the passenger grabbed him by the back of his shirt and pulled him to the side of V1.  Operator put his right arm over the side of V1 and then went limp.  Passenger was unable to pull him into V1; he called 911 at 2:28 and held onto him until help arrived.  First responders pulled the boat across to a sand bar and when EMS arrived they confirmed the operator was deceased.
REYNO                         