HUSBAND & WIFE INTENDING TO GO FISHING ON A SMALL 16 FOOT OPEN MOTORBOAT ENCOUNTERED ROUGH WAVES ON THE LAKE AND SOUGHT REFUGE BY PLACING BOAT ON THE BEACH. IN THE PROCESS OPERATOR & WIFE GOT VERY WET. AND WHILE THE BOAT WAS ON SHORE IT WAS ENGULFED FROM MORE CRASHING WAVES & OCCUPANTS BECAME DRENCHED. A BOAT FROM THE BAD RIVER RESERVATION CAME TO RETREIVE THE BOAT OPERATOR & WIFE. BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE "BAD RIVER" BOAT LEFT SHORE, IT BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER (PLUG SLIPPED OUT OF BOAT). THIS FORCED THE "RESCUED' PARTY TO LEAVE THE BOAT FOR SHORE WHICH CAUSED ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE TO WET CONDITIONS AND LED TO HYPOTHERMIA. BOTH WERE LATER TRANSPORTED BY BOAT BY ER STAFF ACROSS OPEN WATER TO NEAREST MEDICAL FACILITY WHERE BOTH WERE TREATED FOR EXPOSURE-HYPOTHERMIA AND LATER RELEASED.
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