ACCIDENT ON LAKE TILLERY IN STANLY COUNTY ON MARCH 21, 2009.  CALL CAME IN ABOUT 22:00 THAT A BOAT HAD BEEN GOING IN A CIRCLE FOR OVER 30 MINUTES.  WHEN I GOT TO THE LAKE, THE BOAT WAS STILL GOING IN CIRCLES.  THE RESCUE SQUAD GOT THE BOAT STOPPED AND PULLED IT BACK TO A DOCK.  WE STARTED SEARCHING FOR THE VICTIM IN THE AREA THAT THE BOAT WAS FOUND.  A WOMAN CAME TO THE DOCK AND STATED THAT HER HUSBAND HAD WENT OUT ON A BOAT ANS WAS NOT BACK YET.  THE DESCRIPTION OF THE BOAT MATCHED AND IT WAS REGISTERED TO THE VICTIM'S UNCLE.  THE BOAT WAS FOUND 300-400 YARDS AWAY FROM THEIR DOCK.  I PUT A MEDIC AND A RESCUE PERSON IN MY BOAT AND BEGAN TO SEARCH ALONG WITH TWO OTHER RESCUE BOATS.  ON MY SECOND PASS THROUGH THE AREA WE SPOTTED THE VICTIM FACE DOWN IN THE WATER.  WE TOOK THE VICTIM TO THE DOCK AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE AMBULANCE.  THERE WAS NO TREATMENT GIVEN DUE TO THE TIME IN THE WATER AND THE CONDITION OF THE BODY.

BROUGHT THE BOAT BACK TO THEIR DOCK AND SECURED IT AND CHECKED BOAT FOR ANY INDICATION OF AN ACCIDENT, BUT NONE FOUND.  THERE WAS THREE PFDS ON THE FLOOR OF THE BOAT BESIDE THE DRIVER'S SEAT.  THE VICTIM DID NOT USE ONE.  THE WIFE STATED THAT HE HAD 5-6 BEERS AND HAD TWO MIXED DRINKS THAT EVENING.  AFTER LEAVING THE AREA, I WENT BY THE HOSPITAL TO SEE IF THEY HAD FOUND ANY CUTS OR BRUISES THAT I DID NOT SEE, BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY DID NOT FIND ANY.  THE MEDICAL EXAMINER STATED THAT THE BAC RESULTS WOULD NOT BE BACK FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

THE RESULTS OF WHAT CAUSED THE VICTIM TO FALL OVERBOARD IS NOT KNOWN.  THE BOAT WAS UNSTABLE WHEN YOU STOOP UP OR WALKED ON IT.
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