V1 OCCUPANTS WERE FISHING IN A TOURNAMENT IN THE KINGS BAR AREA OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AT APPROXIMATELY 08:00, BOTH OCCUPANTS ENTERED THE WATER. A WITNESS SAW ONE OCCUPANT JUMP FROM V1 INTO THE WATER, BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHICH ONE. ANOTHER VESSEL WITH TWO WITNESSES SAW A MAN STRUGGLING IN THE WATER AND PULLED HIM INTO THEIR VESSEL. V1 PASSENGER WAS DECEASED WHEN THE GOOD SAMARITAN VESSEL ARRIVED AT THE BOAT RAMP. V1 OPERATOR WAS FOUND 30-45 MINUTES LATER BY A THIRD VESSEL FISHING IN THE AREA. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF V1 WERE PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY THE OKEECHOBEE EMS AT THE OKEETANTIE BOAT RAMP.
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