VESSEL 1 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON ITS WAY TO TOW IN ANOTHER VESSEL.  VESSEL 1 APPARENTLY BECAME SWAMPED WITH WATER, CAPSIZED AND VICTIM 1 ENTERED THE WATER.  VICTIM 1 HAD A TYPE II LIFE JACKET WRAPPED AROUND HIS RIGHT ARM.  VICTIM 1 DROWNED DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON.  THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT OR THE VICTIM DROWNING.  NEWKIRK FIRE DEPT RECOVERED THE BODY OF THE VICTIM AT APPROX 1603 HOURS FROM THE SHORELINE NORTH OF THE BEAR CREEK BOAT RAMP WHERE IT HAD APPARENTLY DRIFTED AND CAME TO REST.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 150 YARDS W OF THE SHORELINE IN BEAR CREEK COVE AND APPROX 200 YARDS SOUTH OF THE BEAR CREEK BOAT RAMP.
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