V1 LEFT THE PORT ST JOHN BOAT RAMP WITH FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD. THE RIVER CONDITIONS WERE VERY ROUGH, BUT THE OCCUPANTS DID NOT REALIZE HOW BAD UNTIL V1 WAS MORE THAN HALF WAY ACROSS THE RIVER. WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE VESSEL AROUND, WATER CAME OVER THE SIDES AND THE MOTOR STALLED. THE WIND BLEW THE BOW BACK AROUND AND THE STERN WAS FACING THE ONCOMING WAVES. A WAVE CAME OVER THE STERN FLOODING V1 CAUSING IT TO SINK. ALL OCCUPANTS MADE IT SHORE, WITH TWO PERSONS SUFFERING INJURIES.
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