Operator #1 launched his new vessel from the Laurel Hill Park boat  ramp.  Operator # 1 was operating vessel #1  approximately 250 feet west of the boat ramp on the Hackensack River.

Vessel #1 became disabled for unknown reasons. It then started taking on water and the vessel sank.

It could not be determined what caused the vessel to take on water.
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