RedactedNarrative: On May 30th 2018 at approximately 9:30 am I, Officer, received a call about a boating accident on the French Broad River in Cocke County.  Upon arrival, the Jefferson County Sheriff was towing a capsized vessel to the Rankin Access Area with one uninjured occupant.  The vessel owner and sole occupant during the capsizing was subject1.  Subject1''s vessel was a 17 ft tracker TN 2395 DY.  
  Subject1 launched his vessel from Rankin Access Area with the intent to fish.  The French Broad River was flowing at 20,000 cubic feet per second.  The average cubic feet per second for the French Broad River is approximately 2,500.   Subject1 stated that he had went three quarters of a mile up from the ramp before turning off the big motor and dropping the trolling motor to fish.  Subject1 stated that his boat was immediately taken into a low hanging tree.  The force of the water pinned the vessel.  After about five minutes, the corner of the vessel started to take on water over the gunwale and the vessel capsized.  Subject1 went into the water when the vessel capsized.  Subject1 was wearing an inflatable personal floatation device when he went in the water and pulled the cord to inflate the jacket.  The jacket inflated to about 60 percent of capacity.  He got on top of the capsized vessel and remained there until rescued.
  