BOAT WITH SIX PASSENGERS & OPERATOR ABOARD WAS TOWING TWO PEOPLE ON ONE TUBE. ONE TUBE RIDER FELL OFF & SWALLOWED SOME WATER & WAS ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE.  BOAT OPERATOR BROUGHT THE  BOAT NEAR THE FALLEN RIDER. BOAT OPERATOR (NOT WEARING PFD) LEFT THE BOAT TO ASSIST THE  FALLEN RIDER FIRST ONTO THE BOAT. THIS EFFORT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, SO THEY ATTEMPTED TO GET THE FALLEN RIDER BACK ONTO THE TUBE. THE DRIFTING BOAT WAS MOVING FARTHER AWAY FROM THE FALLEN TUBE RIDER & BOAT OPERATOR. THE FALLEN RIDER WAS UNABLE TO REBOARD THE TUBE SO THE BOAT OPERATOR BEGAN SWIMMING TOWARD HIS DRIFTING BOAT. NO ONE ON BOARD THE BOAT KNEW HOW TO OPERATE THE BOAT. BOAT WAS DRIFTING AWAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS & CHOPPY WAVES. BOAT OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE DRIFTING BOAT. WHEN THE OPERATOR GOT ABOUT 25 FEET FROM THE FALLEN RIDER, HE BEGAN STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. HE YELLED FOR HELP, WENT BELOW THE SURFACE. HE RESURFACED ONCE & YELLED FOR HELP THEN WENT UNDER WATER AND DID NOT RESURFACE. NEARBY BOATS WERE ALERTED TO THE SITUATION. ONE BOAT REACHED AND TOOK THE FALLEN TUBE RIDER BOARD THEIR BOAT. ANOTHER BOAT RESPONDED AND SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BOAT OPERATOR WITH NO SUCESS. THE DRIFTING BOAT HAD DRIFTED & WAS STRIKING A PIER. SOMEONE CAME DOWN TO THE PIER, BOARDED THE BOAT, AND OPERATED THE BOAT TOWARD THE AREA THAT THE VICTIM WAS LAST SEEN. THE OTHER TUBE RIDER WAS ABLE TO SWIM TOWARD & REBOARD THE BOAT.
VILLAGE OF TWIN LAKES         