VESSEL 1 LEFT DOCKS AT THE 3.5 MM OF THE BIG NIANGUA ARM OF LAKE OF THE OZARKS. OPERATOR 1 TRAVELED UPSTREAM, CROSSING THE CHANNEL. AT ABOUT THE 4MM OPERATOR 1 GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE SHORE LINE AND HIT THE BLUFF. V1 GLANCED OFF THE ROCK BLUFF AND TRAVELED ABOUT 165 FEET TO THE SOUTH STRIKING THE BLUFF AGAIN. V1 WENT INTO A HARD RIGHT TURN, STRIKING A ROCK LEDGE BELOW THE WATER. WHEN THE OPERATOR HIT THE BLUFF THE FIRST TIME HE WAS PROJECTED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE DASH, STRIKING THE STEERING WHEEL, DASH, AND WINDSHIELD. THIS CAUSED A LARGE ARTERY TO BE SEVERED. THIS WITH THE SEVERE TRAUMA TO THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN CAUSED HIS DEATH.
CAMDENTON