ACCORDING TO ALL OCCUPANTS AND THE VESSEL OWNER, THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING SOUTHWEST IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE LAKE. VESSEL ONE ACCORDING TO ALL ACCOUNTS RAN AGROUND on AN ISLAND. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT VISIBILITY WAS POOR DUE TO DARKNESS. THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT OPERATING THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, HE STATED THAT SOME PERSON WHO HE ONLY KNEW BY A FIRST NAME WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL. OWNER/OPERATOR ASLO STATED THAT AFTER THE AcCIDENT THIS PERSON LEFT THE AREA ON FOOT. THERe WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS AS THe OCCUPANTS EXCEPT FOR OWNER/OPERATORS BROTHER STATED TO OTHER OFFICERS ON TEH SCENE THAT OWNER/OPERATOR WAS OPERATING VESSEL ONE. THE REASON OWNER/OPERATOR PROBABLY WOULD NOT ADMIT OPERATING VESSEL WAS BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE HAD BEEN CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. NO PFD'S WHERE BEING WORN OR USED IN THSI ACCIDENT.
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