HUSBAND (VICTIM) & WIFE WERE RETURNING TOWARD THEIR PIER UNDER TROLLING MOTOR POWER WHEN HUSBAND REACHED FOR FISHING POLE WHILE SEATED IN A MOLDED PLASTIC SEAT CLAMPED TO THE BOAT. WHEN HUSBAND REACHED FOR THE FISHING POLE, HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL OVERBOARD. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE BOAT TO ROCK SEVERELY CAUSING THE WIFE TO FALL OVERBOARD. ANOTHER BOAT APPROACHED THE WIFE & TOSSED HER A WEARABLE PFD. THE HUSBAND WAS FOUND FACE DOWN, AND WAS MOVED BY THE OTHER BOATER TOWARDS SHORE WHEN A CALL WAS MADE TO THE MINOCQUA POLICE DEPT. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOWARD YOUNG MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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