RedactedNarrative: On 05/09/2021 at approximately 14:46, I received a call from KSP Post 1 dispatch stating that there had been a boat accident on the Mississippi River near Columbus KY. Dispatch advised that a kayaker had gone under a barge, the kayaker had been pulled out of the river, and CPR was being performed. I responded to the Ingram Dry Dock in Columbus. Upon arrival I spoke with an Ingram employee that state that the vessel Robert H. Brown was bringing the victim to the dry dock now, and that the kayaker was deceased. The Robert H. Brown arrived at the dock shortly after, and on the vessel was the body. The Hickman County Coroner declared him deceased upon arrival. The Hickman County Coroner then left with Victim shortly there after. I interviewed the crew of the Robert H. Brown and found the following.
  
  Subject1 was the Captain of the Robert H. Brown on 05/09/2021. Subject1 stated that he and his crew had been working on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River and had to come to Dry Dock C to pick a crew member to take to a fleet that was tied up South of Dry Dock C, and Dry Dock A. As Subject1 was crossing the river to come to Dry Dock C he spotted what appeared to be a kayaker, and stated that he was very close to the West side of Dry Dock C, paddling South along the Dry Dock C. 
  
  Subject1 stated that the kayaker appeared to be approximately 10' off the side of Dry Dock C. Subject1 brought the Robert H. Brown into Dry Dock C and picked up the waiting crew member. When Subject1 pulled away from Dry Dock C he headed South to the fleet awaiting the crew member. Subject1 stated that he started looking for the kayaker as soon as he headed south since he had been so close to the dry dock and could not see him. Subject1 made his way past Dry Dock C, and as he came to the end of Dry Dock A he noticed what he called some debris come out from underneath a barge that was moored on Dry Dock A. 
  
  Subject1 made his way South past Dry Dock A to the awaiting fleet and turned the Robert H. Brown around facing North to let the crew member off. As Subject1 had the Robert H. Brown facing North he was looking directly at the south end of Dry Dock A and noticed more debris floating down stream toward the Robert H. Brown. 
  
  Subject1 then noticed what appeared to be a body floating face down in the river. Subject1 broke loose from the fleet and instructed his deck hands to be on watch for the body. Subject2 caught the body of Victim with a catch pole, and him and Subject3 was able to pull Victim on board the Robert H. Brown. No signs of life were found and they immediately began CPR. 
  
  Subject1 had called for assistance from other close by vessels when he saw Victim's body. The Willard Hammond pulled along side the Robert H. Brown after Victim had been pulled on board the Robert H. Brown. The Willard Hammond let two people onboard the Robert H. Brown to assist with CPR. An AED was also used to try to resuscitate Victim as well. Video footage from Dry Dock C was reviewed next date, 05/10/2021, and videos that where viewed collaborated with Subject1's accounts of what he had seen the day of the accident. However none of the camera's on Dry Dock C or vessels in the area was able to catch the actual incident. 
  
  After speaking with Subject1 , and reviewing security camera footage it was obvious that Victim was too close to Dry Dock C. There are swift currents around these dry docks that are pushing in towards the Kentucky banks. A storm system had just cleared they area before this incident happened as well and there were strong NNW winds blowing in towards the dry docks. It is suspected that with Victim's proximity too Dry Dock C, that the water/wind currents pushed him in upstream of Dry Dock A and its moored barges and he was unable to paddle out before being taken under Dry Dock A and its moored barges by the river currents. 
  
  