RedactedNarrative: At approximately 10:30 AM on April 30th, 2021 Operator and Passenger were bass fishing together near Cedar Point on Lake Barkley in Operator's 17' Ranger Bass Boat. 
  While fishing near a residential boat dock, they both started to hear loud popping and cracking sounds from a nearby dead tree. Just as quickly as they could look up and identify the sound and where it was coming from, the large dead tree was falling directly toward them and their boat. Without hesitation, both men jumped into the lake to avoid injury and almost certain death. The dead tree struck the bass boat in it's center instantly sinking it. Only a couple feet of the bow remained visible above the waterline. One of the men swam to the bank and the other was picked up by another boater a short distance away. Neither Operator nor Passenger were injured. 
  