RedactedNarrative: We were advised that there had been a boating accident where two persons had been thrown out of the boat. One subject had made it to shore and one had died in the accident. They advised that the deceased was on the shore and the wife was on shore nearby with some of the Corp of Engineer’s personnel. 
   
  We arrived on the scene and Sgt. spoke with the survivor who we found to be the wife of the deceased. There was also a witness that had found the deceased. Witness advised that he had worked on his boat and was testing it out. When he came around the corner heading west on the lake he noticed a vessel doing tight circles without anyone in it. He noticed a woman on shore. She advised him that she and her husband had been thrown from the boat. She had made it to shore and could not locate her husband. Witness contacted 911 at 14:45 hours and advised of the accident. We do not know how much earlier the accident had happened. 
  
  Witness advised that he had spent about 15 minutes trying to locate the subject. He had located the subject when Ranger arrived. Ranger had been advised of an out of control vessel and had responded to the scene. Witness could not pull the subject into his boat. The two men could not get the victim into a boat and towed him to shore. Ranger took control of the scene and had responding units come to the West Virginia Boat Ramp where he set up the command post. 
  
  New Creek and Elk District VFD had responded to the scene. A Paramedic with the New Creek Volunteer VFD pronounced the subject dead at 1554 hours. 
  
  During the investigation Sgt. spoke to the wife and found that subjects were cruising in a boat on the lake and several fishing rods started to bounce out of the boat. Wife moved to grab the rods. Victim who was the operator attempted to help his wife. Victim apparently let go of the steering wheel and possibly hit the steering wheel turning it to the right. The throttle was all the way forward which is the fastest position. The prop on the boat was a right hand prop and would put the boat into a right hand turn. They were both thrown out of the boat. Wife advised that the boat was going around them and did not hit them. She advised that they could both swim but not very well. She was in contact with Victim for a short time but was floating attempting to get to shore and lost contact with him. Neither subject was wearing a life jacket. Victim the operator was not wearing the kill switch.
  
  When we arrived the vessel was still circling in tight right circles. It continued this for almost an hour until it hit the shore. We did not have a boat that I felt could safely approach the vessel to try and stop it. I felt there was no need to endanger personnel trying to stop the vessel. There was no other boat traffic on the lake that would of been in danger of being hit. Once it hit the shore I boarded the boat and pulled the kill switch and the motor shut down. I restarted the engine and again shut it off using the kill switch. I found that the vessel had all of its safety equipment on it. There were three type 3 PFD’s and a type 4 throw device. The vessel was in good working order with all required equipment. 
  
  Wife was taken to Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser West Virginia and treated for shock and released. She did not have any other injuries. 
  
  NRP Investigator arrived on scene and took over the investigation. FI arrived and performed his investigation. Newman’s Funeral home arrived and the deceased was transported to the Md. Boat ramp on the Army Corp’s vessel. The vessel was loaded onto its trailer and turned over to the son.
  
  All events occurred on Jennings Randolph Lake, an Army Corp of Engineers Property in Garrett County Maryland. This officer’s part of the investigation is finished at this time.
  