PASQUOTANK CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS (911) RECEIVED A CALL AT 1623 HOURS OF A VESSEL GOING IN CIRCLES IN THE PASQUOTANK RIVER OFF LITTLE FLATTY CREEK.  AT 1644 HOURS, THE US COAST GUARD STATION IN ELIZABETH CITY RECEIVED A CALL FROM PASQUOTANK CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE VESSEL GOING IN CIRCLES OFF LITTLE FLATTY CREEK AND PERSON POSSIBLY IN THE WATER.  THE USCG ARRIVED NEAR THE PERSONS IN THE WATER, THE CREW PULLED THE TWO PERSONS ONBOARD AT 1714 HOURS (36 11.5N 076 04.63W).  THE USCG VESSEL CONTINUED TO THE COAST GUARD STATION, THE USCG VESSEL ARRIVED TO A WAITING AMBULANCE AT 1730 HOURS.  THE AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED BOTH PERSONS TO ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL WHERE THE FEMALE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION, LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION COMMUNICATIONS CENTER RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM PASQUOTANK CENTRAL AT 1727 HOURS THAT THERE WAS A BOATING ACCIDENT OFF OF BLUFF POINT IN PASQUOTANK RIVER.  SERGEANT RESPONDED AND WENT TO THE USCG STATION TO BEGIN THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

SGT. INSPECTED THE VESSEL INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT AT THE USCG STATION AT 2055 HOURS.  THE USCG SMALL BOAT STATION RETRIEVED THE VESSEL FROM THE SHORE (36 11.2N 076 04.72W).

SGT. INTERVIEWED SURVIVOR AT ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL AT 2200 HOURS.  SURVIVOR STATED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE WENT TO THE BOAT RAMP ON HWY 343 IN CAMDEN (SAWYERS CREEK) AT 1200 HOURS.  SURVIVOR PUT THE VESSEL IN THE WATER AND THE ENGINE RAN GREAT, BUT THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE CONSOLE.  SURVIVOR WORKED ON THE CONSOLE FOR A WHILE THEN DECIDED TO TAKE THE VESSEL OUT INTO THE RIVER.  deceased WAS SITTING IN THE TRUCK READING A BOOK.  SURVIVOR WENT OUT IN THE PASQUOTANK RIVER AND TRAVELED SOUTH PASSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND ALMOST TO ELIZABETH CITY.  SURVIVOR STATED THAT HE WENT BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP AND RAN UP THE TRUCK TO GET HIS WIFE AND TAKE HER OUT IN THE BOAT.  SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO.  THE COUPLE WENT DOWN THE PASQUOTANK RIVER PAST ELIZABETH CITY TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TO FISH.  THE COUPLE STOPPED NEAR THE MOUTH, operator FISHED FOR A WHILE AND DECEASED READ A BOOK.  THE COUPLE STARTED MOVING CLOSER TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.  SURVIVOR WAS OPERATING THE VESSEL HEADING SOUTH ON THE PASQUOTANK RIVER, DECEASED WAS SITTING ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF THE CONSOLE.  DECEASED WAS PEELING AND EATING AN ORANGE, SHE WOULD HAND PIECES OF ORANGE OVER THE WINDSHIELD TO SURVIVOR AND HE WOULD TAKE A PIECE OUT OF HER HAND WITH HIS TEETH.  SURVIVOR DROPPED A PIECE OF ORANGE, COULD NOT REMEMBER IF THE ORANGE FELL ON THE FLOOR OR ON TOP OF THE CONSOLE.  SURVIVOR’S RIGHT HAND WAS ON THE THROTTLE AND LEFT HAND WAS ON THE STEERING WHEEL.  SURVIVOR LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO RETRIEVE THE PIECE OF ORANGE.  THE VESSEL TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT.  THIS CAUSED BOTH OF THEM TO BE EJECTED INTO THE WATER OUT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VESSEL (APPROXIMATE ACCIDENT LOCATION 36 11.315N 076 4.066W).  THE COUPLE STARTED TREADING WATER, AND THEY TRIED TO GET CLOSER TO SHORE.  DURING THE TIME, GOING TO SHORE DECEASED PASSED OUT.  SURVIVOR STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN 2:30 AND 3:00 (2:45PM).

TIMELINE ACCORDING TO INTERVIEWS AND TIMES:
ACCIDENT OCCURRED 1445 HOURS
PASQUOTANK 911 CALL RECEIVED 1623 HOURS
PASQUOTANK DEPUTIES ARRIVE AT GLENN COVE AT 1633 HOURS
PASQUOTANK DEPUTIES SEE ONE PERSON IN WAIST DEEP WATER AT 1643 HOURS
USCG SAR NOTIFIED 1644 HOURS
USCG VESSEL ON SCENE 1700 HOURS
PERSONS ON BOARD USCG VESSEL 1714 HOURS
USCG VESSEL RETURN TO STATION 1730 HOURS
AMBULANCE WAITING AT THE USCG STATION WHEN USCG ARRIVED
ACCORDING TO THE TIME FRAME THE COUPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE WATER FOR TWO HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES
(ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT 1445 HOURS.  THE USCG CREW PICKED UP THE COUPLE AT 1714) 
SURVIVOR STATED THAT ABOUT HALF THE TIME IN THE WATER, DECEASED WAS ALIVE AND THE OTHER HALF SHE WAS NOT.
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