ON NOVEMBER 3, 2009 subject 1 AND subject 2 WERE HUNTING SQUIRRELS FROM A 15 FOOT GRUMMAN CANOE, HULL ID # 12242-G-5-15, REGISTRATION # NC 659 AU.  THEY WERE HUNTING ALONG THE JOHNS RIVER NEAR THE END OF OLD JOHN RIVER ROAD.  subject 2 SHOT A SQUIRREL OUT OF A TREE ALONG THE RIVER BANK AND NOTICED ANOTHER SQUIRREL IN THE SAME TREE.  THE HUNTERS MADE A TURN ACROSS THE CURRENT TO TRY TO HEAD BACK UPSTREAM TOWARD THE OTHER SQUIRRL WHEN THE CANOE CAPSIZED.  BOTH HUNTERS FELL OVER THE SIDE OF THE CANOE INTO THE WATER.  subject 2 WAS WEARING A PFD AND ATTEMPTED TO HELP subject 1 WHO WAS NOT WEARING A PFD.  EMERGENCY WORKERS PRONOUNCED subject 1 DEAD AT THE SCENE DUE TO DROWNING.
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