Witnesses advised they had been tubing, but had stopped to let two female juveniles get back aboard the vessel. With the vessel stopped, two other passengers on the vessel got into the water. Meanwhile the victim who was sitting adjacent to the drivers seat in the passenger seat got up, walked across the vessel between the front seat and the drivers seat. A passenger stated victim never said anything, he just walked over and dove head first over the protective railing of the vessel into the water. Victim was not wearing a pfd.  One witness stated she saw and heard victim hit his leg on the vessel railing as he dove over into the water. Another witness recalled when victim resurfaced from diving into the water he was reaching for the tube, which was located near the ladder at the rear of the pontoon in the water. Witness advised that victim, with his head out of the water reached for the tube with one hand and once he grabbed the tube it flipped over on his head. Witness then reached over and flipped the tube back over, but victims head was under water at this time, but he still had one hand on the tube. Witness stated victim then let go of the tube and began reaching for the vessel with both hands, but was unable to reach it. Witness recalled it looked like victim was still moving his arms, but had quit swimming and was not moving his legs. Next another passenger jumped back into the water in an attempt to help victim, but witness stated his eyes were closed and he did not try to reach for passengers hand. Two other passengers entered the water but were not able to find victim. No pfd was being worn except for the two juvenile passengers, and victim had been consuming alcohol.
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