ON MAY 30, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 PM DAY CO WCO WAS DISPATCHED TO A BOAT ACCIDENT ON CATTAIL/KETTLE LAKE IN MARSHALL CO.  WCO1 INTERVIEWED THE OPERATOR OF THE BOAT (O1).  O1 STATED THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE FISHING ON CATTAIL/KETTLE LAKE.  THEY DECIDED TO GO TO ANOTHER LAKE AND WERE ENROUTE BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP WHEN THEY STRUCK AN OBJECT.  O1 STATED THAT DECEASED1 (D1) WAS SITTING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM IN THE FRONT SEAT.  THE BOAT WAS A 16' LUND W/ A 40 HP TILLER MOTOR.  O1 THOUGHT THEY STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT.  O1 STATED THAT BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE EJECTED FROM THE BOAT.  THE BOAT CONTINUED AND STARTED GOING IN TIGHT CIRCLES AWAY FROM O1 AND THE PASSENGER D1.  O1 WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO A TREE IN THE WATER.  THE PASSENGER D1 WAS NOT ABLE TO AND DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.  O1 STATED THAT HE TALKED TO D1 WHILE THEY WERE IN THE WATER AFTER THEY WERE EJECTED FROM THE BOAT.  TWO OTHER FISHING BOATS CAME TO ASSIST THEM.  THE FIRST LOADED O1 AND THEN D1.  D1 WAS UNCONSCIOUS WITH NO VITALS WHEN HE WAS LOADED INTO THE ASSISTING BOAT.  POEPLE IN THE ASSISTING BOAT PERFORMED CPR AND TRANSPORTED O1 AND D1 TO THE BOAT RAMP WHERE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONAL TOOK OVER.  WCO1 INSPECTED THE BOAT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.  WCO1 BELIEVED THAT THE OBJECT THAT WAS STRUCK WAS ABOVE THE WATER BY APPROXIMATELY 12".  WCO1 BASED THIS ON THE DENT ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE BOAT.
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