RedactedNarrative: On July 17, 2021, Capt. was contacted by Dr. in regards to a death certificate.  Dr. stated Operator was riding a PWC on Center Hill Lake on June 26, 2021 when he hit a wake/wave and bounced hard into the PWC and water.  Operator was pronounced dead at the Cookeville Regional Emergency Room.  Dr. stated his Troponin levels were significantly elevated and based on all the information, he felt that Operator had a cardia contusion from the impact which caused cardia arrythmia and his death.   *** After Dr. contacted Capt. on July 17, 2021, Capt. reached out to me to look into this event since it was in District 31.  
  
  After receiving this information, I located operator’s emergency contact on July 22, 2021.  Subject1 stated she had recently been dating victim.  She gave statements saying Operator and his minor daughter had borrowed a PWC and took it to Hurricane Bridge Access Area on Center Hill Lake.  Hours later, Operator and Daughter arrived back at Subject1’s house.  Operator was complaining of chest pain.  Operator stated, " I am dying" and was certain he was having a heart attack.  Subject1 got them in the vehicle and proceeded toward Cookeville Regional Medical Center(CRMC).  According to Subject1, Operator stopped breathing in route to CRMC, and she stopped the vehicle to give chest compressions until he began to breath once again.  Subject1 stated, Operator was fading again as they arrived at CRMC.  
  Operator was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.  This incident was never reported as an incident involving a vessel until Dr. made his opinion of Operator''s impact with the vessel/water could have been the triggering effect which caused his death.
  
  The only witness that was with Operator was his minor child who had an estranged relationship with her mother.  Due to this situation, Daughter lived with a sister.  After conversing with Capt., we both concluded it was not the best interest of the family and investigation to interview a minor child without a parent being present or being notified prior to interviewing.  Also, the delay in being notified to do a report of investigation, made this event more difficult  to conduct.
  