The following accident occurred on August 18, 2010, at approximately 2230 hours.

The operator of Vessel I and two passengers were rowing on Long Pond.  At one point, one of the occupants stood up in the canoe to pass a bag of chips to another occupant and caused the vessel to rock.  The operator attempted to correct this but the vessel took on water.  One occupant fell overboard and began to panic, as he did not know how to swim.  The other occupant attempted to help the overboard passenger and fell into the water as well. He was unable to help the panicking party and began to swim to shore to get help instead.  The remaining occupant of the vessel attempted to aid the non-swimmer.  A neighbor on shore heard screaming and drove his powerboat out to the two persons to rescue them.  EMS was called and treated two of the involved parties for hypothermia, including the operator of Vessel I who was unresponsive upon arriving on shore.
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