RedactedNarrative: On Sunday March 04, 2018 at 1517 hours Florence Marina State Park called me and said he was on the water heading to a boat that was sinking near Rood Creek. I arrived at Florence Marina State Park and Subject1 had returned with the boat operator and a passenger from the sinking boat. I conducted a quick interview of both the operator and passenger; I had both write a brief statement.
     The boat operator and owner said they noticed water coming into the boat. Operator said the boat started filling up fast, so his son (the passenger) pulled the boat into shallow water. The boat sunk, but did not go completely under, the bow and the motor were still not under water.
     I then rode with Subject1 on a park boat to the incident scene where I photographed the boat. Once we returned to Florence Marina, some friends of Subject1’s who specialize in boat recovery had arrived and later were able to recover the boat.
     I spoke with operator a few days later and it was believed the live well aerator malfunctioned and caused the boat to fill with water. The estimated damage to the vessel with recovery cost will exceed $2000. 00, the exact cost has not been determined as of the completion of this report.
  
  
  