UNKNOWN LOCATION OF ACCIDENT.  ALL INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS BASED ON STATEMENTS MADE BY THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL THE DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT OHP TROOP C HQ IN MUSKOGEE.   OPERATOR OF V1 STATED HE WAS FISHING APPROX 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE THE TENKILLER DAM ON THE LOWER ILLINOIS RIVER WHEN THE LOWER UNIT OF HIS OUTBOARD MOTOR STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT CAUSING  HIS VESSEL TO TAKE ON WATER AND SINK.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HIS PFD INFLATED AND HE WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO THE WEST BANK OF THE RIVER.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HIS CELL PHONE AND A SEMI-AUTO PISTOL WERE LOST IN THE RIVER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
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