ON 06-07-13, AT ABOUT 1330 HOURS I WAS CONTACTED BY MILLER COUNTY  IN REFERENCE TO A BOATING ACCIDENT INVOLVING THREE OCCUPANTS AND A DOG.  INFORMATION RELAYED WAS THAT THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED 1 VESSEL WITH 3 OCCUPANTS.  V1 HAD CAPSIZED IN THE STRONG CURRENT, THROWING ALL OCCUPANTS INTO THE WATER. OCCUPANT 3 (SURVIVOR) WAS WEARING A PFD AND WAS PICKED UP BY A PASSING FISHERMAN AND TAKEN TO THE GARLAND CITY BOAT RAMP AND FROM THERE TO WADLEY HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. 
THE ASSISTING FISHERMAN HAD PLACED A FLOATING CHEST ON THE BANK TO MARK THE SPOT OF THE ACCIDENT.
 
UPON ARRIVAL MULTIPLE OFFICERS SEARCHED  THE AREA (BANKS AND WATER) FOR SURVIVORS UNTIL EVENING WHEN THE SEARCH WAS POSTPONED AT DARK DUE TO SAFETY. THE NEXT DAY SEARCH EFFORTS RESUMED AND CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  ON 06-13-13 PASSENGER 2/RECOVERED VICTIM  FLOATED AND WAS LOCATED APPROX. 20 MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE.
 
ACCORDING TO THE SURVIVOR, THEY WERE DRIFTING DOWN THE RIVER DRAGGING AN ANCHOR FROM THE BOW AND THE STERN OF V1 TO SLOW THEM DOWN WHILE THEY FISHED.  SHE WAS SEATED IN THE MIDDLE OF V1 WITH A PUPPY.  SHE STATED THE ANCHOR AT THE STERN HUNG ON SOMETHING AND CAUSED V1 TO TURN; THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE ANCHOR UP WHILE INSTRUCTING THE OTHERS TO GO TO THE FRONT OF V1.  V1 SHIFTED WITH THE CURRENT, TOOK ON WATER AND FLIPPED EJECTING ALL 3 OCCUPANTS.  SURVIVOR STATED SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WEARING A PFD.  SHE SAID THE OPERATOR WENT STRAIGHT UNDER AND NEVER RESURFACED AND PASSENGER 2/RECOVERED VICTIM HELD ONTO HER PFD FOR A FEW SECONDS WHILE HE STRUGGLED.  HE INFORMED THE SURVIVOR HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT AND LET GO OF THE PFD AND WENT UNDER.  THE CURRENT TOOK THE SURVIVOR TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER WHERE SHE HELD ONTO A ROCK UNTIL SHE WAS LOCATED BY THE PASSING FISHERMAN.
 
SEARCH EFFORTS CONTINUE ON A LIMITED BASIS, WE ARE SIMPLY WAITING FOR THE BODY TO FLOAT; HOWEVER WITH THE HEAVY SAND FLOWS THE BODY MAY NEVER BE RECOVERED.
GARLAND CITY