ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS, OPERATOR LEFT LOCK 6 BOAT LAUNCH TO BEGIN FISHING A TOURNAMENT. OPERATOR ENTERED THE MOUTH OF SHOAL CREEK ABOUT MID CHANNEL HEADING UP STREAM AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH. OPERATOR STRUCK AN OBJECT IN THE WATER THAT NEITHER HIS PASSENGER OR HE SAW. WATER WAS COMING IN THE VESSEL SO HE MANEUVERED THE VESSEL TO THE SHALLOW WATER ON THE EAST BANK OF THE CREEK. THE VESSEL SANK IN THE SHALLOW WATER. WHEN OFFICER ARRIVED HE TOWED THE VESSEL TO THE BOAT RAMP MARINA MAR AND THEY GOT IT BACK ON THE TRAILOR AND REMOVED FROM THE WATER. THERE WAS SIGNIFCANT DAMAGE TO THE HULL OF THE VESSEL ON THE PORT SIDE FROM MID SHIP TO THE STERN.
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