RedactedNarrative: On 05/26/2019, around 2330 hours, I, Game Warden was notified by Cpl. about a boating incident which included a fatality. The boating incident occurred on the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, earlier in the evening. The incident was originally reported to Columbus 911 around 2048 hours. 
  The vessel was almost completely submerged and lodged up against some debris in the river. We decided to check the parking area at Rotary Park for the victim's vehicle and trailer. The vehicle could not be located. As we returned up river, Fire & Rescue had utilized air bags to get the vessel to float enough so it could be taken to the boat ramp. As we arrived to the ramp, I got off the boat and went to help pull the vessel onto the ramp.
  	On 05/28/2019, I gathered the reports made of the incident from Columbus Fire & Rescue and the Columbus Police Department. The reports stated there were two men in a boat going through the rapids on the river and flipped their vessel. One occupant made it to shore. Operator was located near Oglethorpe Bridge south of the Trade Center boat ramp on Bay Avenue. After EMS administered CPR he was then transported to Piedmont Medical Center in critical condition. The CPD report states that at 2300 hours, Dr. pronounced Operator deceased.
  	 I spoke with occupant who told me his account of the incident. Occupant stated they were going fishing up near the shoals and rapids just south of the whitewater course. Occupant stated they were anchored at one point and then went closer to the rapids. Occupant stated Operator was trying to take the vessel across the last bit of rapids. At this time water came into the boat over the bow. 
  Occupant stated that Operator tried to turn the boat around and throttle out of the swift water. This is when more water came into the vessel. The boat began to sink as it was pushed down river toward the steps on the Georgia side. 
  Occupant stated he tried to use a bucket to bail water out of the boat. He said Operator was still trying to get the vessel righted and keep it from sinking. Occupant stated the boat had sank to the point where he fell out of the vessel with his dog, which was also in the boat with them. He said once he came up from under the water he could not see Operator. A fisherman threw Occupant a cast net and helped him to the steps.
   Occupant said another individual who had jumped in to help them, grabbed his dog and tossed it up to the steps and began to swim after the boat. After he caught his breath, Occupant walked to the boat ramp on Bay Avenue where EMS, Fire & Rescue and CPD had already arrived. 
  