BOAT OPERATOR LAUNCHED HIS BOAT AT THE HAWTHORNE BOAT LAUNCH - MC DONALD PARK, DUBUQUE IOWA. HE WAS OBSERVED TRAVELING THROUGH THE SLOW NO WAKE AREA & THEN HEADED UP RIVER IN THE MAIN RIVER CHANNEL. TWO WITNESSES OBSERVED THE BOAT MAKE A SHARP LEFT TURN WITH THE BOW RAISED IN THE AIR. THIS CAUSED BOAT OPERATOR TO BE EJECTED FROM BOAT. BOAT CONTINUED MOVING IN LEFT HAND CIRCLES GOING DOWN RIVER. EJECTED OPERATOR WAS OBSERVED SWIMMING FOR THE WISCONSIN SHORE. HE WAS HEARD TWICE YELLING FOR HELP BEFORE GOING BENEATH THE SURFACE. OBSERVERS FROM SHORE CALLED 911 AND ONE BOAT RESPONDED LOOKING FOR THE VICTIM. THE NEXT DAY, IOWA DNR WATER PATROL RECOVERED THE VICTIM'S BODY ON THE IOWA SIDE OF THE RIVER NEAR AN AREA KNOW AS CAMP 17. DUBUQUE POLICE OFFICERS AND DNR STAFF INSPECTED THE RECOVERED BOAT. IT WAS OBSERVED THE WIRE CABLE STEERING SYSTEM HAD ONE CABLE MISSING AND ANOTHER WAS PARTIALLY ATTACHED TO THE LEFT SIDE STEERING CONTROL CABLE. THIS CABLE WAS FOUND WEDGED BENEATH THE STEERING PULLEY - LOCKING THE MOTOR IN A LEFT TURN.
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