V1 WITH THREE OCCUPANTS ONBOARD WAS UNDERWAY WITH A TROLLING MOTOR AND WAS HEADING EAST THROUGH CHOPPY SEA CONDITIONS CREATED BY A STRONG NE WIND. V1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE IT TO AN ISLAND OFF THE OSLO ROAD BOAT RAMP SO THEY COULD FISH. WHILE UNDERWAY, THE WAVES BEGAN SPLASHING OVER THE SIDE OF V1 CAUSING IT TO FLOOD WITH WATER AND CAPSIZE. THE OCCUPANTS SWAM AND MADE IT SAFELY TO SHORE. THE THIRD OCCUPANT WHO HAD A HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE BEGAN COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAIN AND NUMBNESS TO HIS EXTREMITIES AND EVENTUALLY DROWNED. NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING PFD'S AND NO LIFE JACKETS WERE RECOVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION. REPORTEDLY THE VICTIM WAS HOLDING ON TO A TYPE IV THROWABLE CUSHION WHILE IN THE WATER. NO CUSHION WAS RECVERED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.
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