On 07/05/2011 at approximately 9:35 p.m., victim and his wife were fishing from their 16 ft Lowe fishing boat on Lake Taylorville.  Wife’s fishing line broke and Victim was putting the equipment back into the storage area and getting ready to head back to shore.  While standing in the boat in front of Wife, who was in the passenger side of the watercraft,  Victim lost his balance and fell backwards over the side of the boat into the water.  Wife stated he did not say anything or make any struggle once in the water and would not respond to her calls to him.  Two people heard the splash when Victim hit the water and Wife calling for Victim.  They immediately responded to the boat and found Victim face down in the water approximatley 6 feet off the stern of the boat.  Good samaritan entered the water and pulled victim back to his boat, jumped into the boat and pulled victim back into the boat.  Good samaritan2 heard the incident and headed to the Victim boat as well.  When the they arrived at the scene, Victim was back on the boat and Goodsam1 was performing CPR.  Goodsam2 boarded the Victim'' boat and took over CPR on Victim.  Goodsam1 drove the Victim'' boat to the marina where the Taylorville EMS was waiting.  Victim was transported to Taylorville hospital in full cardiac arrest.  Victim regained a pulse at the Taylorville Hospital and was ventilated.  Victim was transported to St. Johns Hospital in Springfield where he remained in ICU until he passed away.
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