Operator admits to drinking a vodka bloody mary at about 10am with a friend the morning of the accident.  They decided to go out fishing later on about noon time.  There brought along a cooler of beer.  They had planned on fishing but the operator had removed them from the boat to protect them from the recent rain storms.  They cruised the lake and stopped to swim and cool off.  The group swam for about 10 minutes without incident.  At this time operator and two passengers consumed a beer.  They received a phone call and decided to head back to the boat ramp.  The engine began to sputter and run poorly.  Operator asked missing person to check the fuel tank to see if they were low on gas.  He jumped into the water, the engine stalled and boat was now drifting slowly away from the missing person.  At some point the missing person's dad jumped in and made his way over to his son but they were both in distress.  Operator tried to use a trolling motor but the battery was dead.  He was in the process of changing the fuel line to the tank that had gas but was having trouble doing it as he was starting to panic.  A passing personal watercraft arrived and helped the dad onto another passing vessel and he was transferred onto that vessel.  In the meantime the missing person went under and is still missing.  A few days later he was found by state police divers.  Operator was arrested for BUI and charged.
Otis