OCCUPANTS OF VESSEL 1 HAD TIED A LARGE PIECE OF RIP-RAP TO A ROPE TO USE AS AN ANCHOR WHILE FISHING.  VESSEL 1 WAS ANCHORED AND PASSENGER 1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL UP THe ANCHOR WHEN THE ROPE BROKE CAUSING PASSENGER TO FALL BACKWARDS OUT of THE VESSEL.  AT APPROX THE SAME TIME, THE OPERATOR STARTED THE VESSEL WHICH WAS IN GEAR AND THE OPERATOR FELL OVERBOARD.  THE VESSEL BEGAN TO CIRCLE THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER STRIKING THE PASSENGER SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO HIM.  WITNESS 1 NOTICED THE VESSEL CIRCLING A PERSON IN THE WATER AND DROVE HIS VESSEL TO THE LOCATION TO ASSIST THE PASSENGER AND TO STOP VESSEL 1.  AS WITNESS 1 TOOK PASSENGER 1 AND VESSEL 1 TO THE NORTH SHORELINE OF KIOWA I CAMP GROUND HE NOTICED THE OPERATOR FLOATING FACE DOWN IN THE WATER.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 SANK BENEATH THE WATER. OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS LATER AT APPROX 1625 HRS THE SAME DAY USING SIDE-SCAN SONAR.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 200 YDS SOUTH OF THE KIOWA I NORTH SHORELINE AND APPROX 1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE KIOWA I NORTH BOAT RAMP.
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