RedactedNarrative: On 4/25/2018 at approximately 19:02,  a call came into Person county 911 in reference to a boat that was found floating in Mcghees Mill area of Hyco Lake.  The subjects informed communications that the boat was empty and that the motor was messed up and that they were towing it to the dock.  Shortly thereafter, a Pontoon boat with 2 subjects in it came along and found the body of Victim1 floating in the water.  They notified 911.  Person County Sheriffs office and Person County Search and Rescue responded to the scene.  I was notified at approximately 20:45 and immediately notified Sgt..  Myself, Sgt., and Lt. responded to the scene.  
  
  Victim1's body had already been transported to Person Memorial Hospital.  The search went on for Victim2 until around 00:00. Victim2's body was found on 4/29/2018 across the lake from where Victim1 and the boat were found.  Without any witnesses or any survivors we have had to use the boat's condition to try to tell what happened.  
  According to Victim2's family that was the first time that the boat was put on the water since he bought the boat used in Late December 2017 or early January 2018.  We had a diagnostic run on the boat motor which told us that there was less than 1.5 hours on the motor and it had only been cranked 8 times (3 of which were at the marina when they were trying to get the motor running properly).  We have concluded that the boat was going down the lake and when Victim2 went to make a turn, the motor clamp on the left side of the boat's transom came loose and caused the motor to torque, which caused the boat to come up on its side for a brief second and throw Victim1 and Victim2 out of the boat.  
  
  Neither were wearing a personal flotation device and ultimately both drowned.  The boat's motor cut off because of the safety system built in when the RPMS of the motor get too high for too long. (the diagnostic also showed this)  The cutoff switch for the motor was still attached to the motor and was not being worn by Victim2.
  
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