On Tuesday June 15, 2010 at approximately 2110 hrs I was notified of a boating accident involving 1 vessel that was taking on water and beginning to sink.  Officers had already been notified and were enroute to the High Banks Eva Access Area boat ramp.  Upon arrival, Officers found that 2 of the occupants had already made it back to shore aided by the Benton County Rescue Squad.  The other 2 occupants had walked and swam back to the ramp.  Officers began to interview the occupants of the boat and collect their statements on what had happened.  
     According to the occupant statements: they had been cruising and pulling a tube on Kentucky Lake in a 15' Sears open motorboat (V1).  The wind picked up and the water had begun to white-cap and was getting choppy.  The battery died on the vessel which shut the motor off.  Occupant1 jumped in the water and used a rope to pull the boat to the shore of an island.  Two other occupants then walked through the woods on the island to go get help.  Operator switched the batteries and got V1 started again.  He proceeded toward the ramp at Eva when the motor died again and V1 began to take on water from the stern.  Operator called 911 and informed the dispatcher that the vessel was sinking.  He started the vessel and again tried to get to shore, but the motor died again and V1 began to take on more water from stern.  The vessel sank stern down and came to rest on the lake bottom with a portion of the bow protruding up above the surface of the water.  He stayed on the tube while she stayed with the boat.  Meanwhile, the two occupants had swam from the island to the High Banks boat ramp and found two fishermen there.  One occupant used one of the fishermen's cell phone and called her grandmother, who told her that the police were already on the way.  The Sheriff's department and the Rescue Squad showed up approximately 5 minutes later.  The Rescue Squad launched a boat and went to the occupants and picked them up, and brought them back to shore.
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