RedactedNarrative: The boating incident only involved one boat and one operator.  
  
  Witnesses stated that Operator was in a 1976, 18 foot Allison speed boat, registration number GA 6589 TY, at the time of the incident.  Witnesses stated that Operator was coming down the river in a straight away and "punched" the gas. They said the bow of the boat came up out of the water and "shot" straight up in the air.  The boat rolled to the port side and came to rest upside down and then sank in the river.  Witnesses rushed to the boat to try and recover Operator.  Operator was nowhere to be found.  Witnesses pulled the boat to the bank of the river and turned it right side up.  Seconds after the crash witnesses stated they saw Operator's life jacket floating down the river.  Several of the witnesses stated that Operator was wearing his life jacket.  As I was interviewing witnesses, several made  statements about a heavy thunderstorm earlier in the afternoon and the amount of water that they drained out of their boats.  One witness provided me with a photograph during the storm that depicts the heavy rain (see witness photo).  Witnesses stated that the incident occurred between 1700 and 1730 hours.
  
  Search efforts resumed on the morning of June 1st at approximately 0700 hours.  At approximately 0930 hours, Operator's body was found floating in a log jam approximately 1/2 mile above Blue Springs landing.  The body of Operator was transported to Poor Robin Boat Landing.  At approximately 1045 hours, Deputy Coroner, pronounced Operator dead. Coroner took possession of the body and transported it to the Screven County hospital.  Operator's body was then transported to Macon for Medical Examiner Dr. to perform the autopsy.