The following accident occurred on April 18, 2009, at approximately 1500 hours.

The three occupants of Vessel 1 began fishing on the morning of April 18 around 1030 or 1100 hours from the operator's canoe.  Around 1500 hours, the cell phone of one of the occupants rang.  Apparently due to the sound, the person seated in the middle of the canoe stood up, causing the canoe to capsize.  The occupant who stood up ended up underneath the capsized vessel, while the two other occupants were outside the canoe and began swimming it toward shore.  After about 30 minutes, someone driving by noticed the two men in the water and launched his boat to assist them.  He brought the two men to shore but the third occupant (under the canoe) was not seen.  The two injured parties were taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia.  The third occupant was later found in the water and was deceased, as determined by the autopsy, due to drowning as a result of hypothermia.
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