UPON THE OFFICERS ARRIVAL, INDIANA DNR STATED THAT THERE WAS ONE WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH THE WITNESS DID NOT SEE THE BOATER ENTER THE WATER, HE COMPLETED A WITNESS STATEMENT TO THIS REPORT. HE STATED THAT WHILE STANDING ON THE INDIANA BANKS, WITNESS HEARD A LOUD BOOM COME FROM THE RIVER. SUBSEQUENTLY, WITNESS GRABBED A PAIR OF BINOCULARS AND SURVEYED THE AREA. THE WITNESS SAW A 12' JON BOAT SELF CIRCLING NEAR THE KENTUCKY BANK. AT THAT TIME, HE LAUNCHED HIS PERSONAL VESSEL AND RECOVERED THE VESSEL PLACING IT APPROXIMATELY WHERE HE SAW THE VESSEL SELF CIRCLING. WHILE SEARCHING THE VESSEL, OFFICERS FROM THE COUNY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INDIANA DNR SEIZED A BACKPACK AND FISHING VEST WHICH CONTAINED ILLEGAL NARCOTICS./ A SWIZURE REPORT AND KYIBRS REPORT ARE ATTACHED DETAILING THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS SEIZED. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROP OF THE 7.5 HP JOHNSON MOTOR AND THE TRANSOM OF THE VESSEL. THE THROTTLE WAS LEFT IN A FULLY FORWARD MOTION WITH THE MOTOR TURNED AT AN ANGLE.
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