A NITRO BASS BOAT WAS UNDERWAY DOWNSTREAM AT APPROXIMATELY 40 OR 50 MILES PER HOUR.  THIS BOAT STRUCK A LARGE CRUISER WAVE, AND BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED OVER THE STARBOARD GUNWALE.  NEITHER PERSON WAS WEARING PFD, NOR WAS THE ENGINE KILL SWITCH USED.  BOTH subjects ATTEMPTED TO SWIM TO THE WEST SHORE FROM APPROXIMATELY MID-CHANNEL.  one subject DIED OF DROWNING, BUT HIS BODY REMAINED ON THE SURFACE AND WAS RECOVERED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.  FROM THE DAMAGE TO THE BOAT, IT APPEARS THE HULL OF BOAT CRACKED UPON IMPACT WITH THE WAVE, CAUSING A LARGE AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD SIDE.  THIS CAUSED THE BOAT TO SWERVE HARD TO STARBOARD, THROWING BOTH PERSONS OVERBOARD.
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