RedactedNarrative: I, Game Warden 1, was working as a Game Warden for the Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks on 7/25/21. At approximately 12:45 hours I was notified of a single boat accident at Cheney Reservoir. A park ranger at Cheney notified me of the details and began to get the occupants information. I left for Cheney Reservoir from Hutchinson at approximately 13:00 hours. 
  
  I arrived at O'Brien's Marina at approximately 13:40 hours. Park Ranger was waiting with the occupants of the boat in the marina parking lot. There were four occupants total; Operator, Passenger 1, Passenger 2 and Passenger 3. Park Ranger acquired all of their information prior to my arrival. Park Ranger and I briefly discussed what he'd been told about the accident and then he cleared. I told the occupants to follow me to our boathouse parking lot so we could go over the accident in a more private setting. I briefly went over the information Park Ranger had provided me to make sure everything was correct. I then asked Operator and Passenger 1 to describe to me what had happened. They explained how the incident occurred and some prior information about the boat. I then had Operator and Passenger 1 fill out KDWP statement forms. After they finished, I went through our boat accident report with them. It was assumed to be a total loss at the time. I explained to them when they needed to recover the boat and some possible ways to do so. I told them I would need to inspect the boat after recovery. I gave them my information and they left at 14:50 hours. I cleared the scene at approximately 15:00 hours. I spoke with the owners of the Marina to see if they heard any information about the accident. They said no but they would notify me if they heard anything.
  
  The accident occurred between 12:00-12:30 hours according to Operator. He said they had been looking to purchase the boat and were out at Cheney to test drive it with the seller. The seller was out with them prior to the accident. Operator said the boat ran fine without any issues during the test drive. After the test drive, they purchased the boat at Seller left. Operator and his family took the boat back out on the water afterwards. Operator did not register the boat into his name prior to operating. According to Operator and Passenger 1, the motor quit working when they were on the water. A storm was building not far from Cheney at the time so there weren't many boats on the water. They flagged someone down to tow them back to the East boat ramp. As they were being towed the weather began to worsen and the wind picked up. According to Operator and Passenger 1, the waves were bad and water was splashing into the boat. Operator tried to turn on the bilge pump but it couldn't keep up with the amount of water entering the boat. The boat eventually became swamped and began to sink. All occupants made it off the boat safely and onto the boat which was towing them. The boat eventually capsized and sunk. The occupants were transported back to the East boat ramp. The individuals that towed them left before anyone could get any information from them. All occupants made it to shore safely without injury. 
  
  I drove back to Hutchinson to begin my report when another park ranger called and said there was a capsized boat floating near the area of the accident. Someone verified it was the same boat so I drove back to Cheney Reservoir. Lt. Game Warden 2 met me at our boathouse and we took our patrol boat out to inspect the previously sunken boat. We found the boat floating upside down near the area of the accident at approximately 17:30 hours. We determined it to be a hazard to other boaters so we decided to tow it to shore. We were able to tow it to the West boat ramp and tie it off in a safe location just North of the ramp to some rocks on shore. I contacted Operator and let him know where we left the boat. 
  
  Subject notified me the next week that they were abl…