RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR/OCCUPANTS - INJURIES
  Vessel owner-operator: Operator (driver seat), passengers: Occupant2 (port side of passenger seat), Occupant1 (starboard side of passenger seat).
  Injuries: Occupant2: fractured knee and ankle, NOTE: subject had preexisting injuries, possible new or agitated older injuries. Occupant1: Pain in back and legs, both injured subjects were released from the hospital that night. 
  
  the vessel operator and passengers had been experiencing engine trouble. They replaced a part while on the water. While heading back to the Okee-Tantie pond boat ramp the vessel lost power and coasted into vegetation. 
  
  When the operator re-started the vessel it turned to the port side, at the same time making the stern port corner dip. The operator stated he tried to correct with power, the occupants stated they tried to counter the weight by leaning to the right. The vessel began taking on water at the stern port corner. The water weighted the port side of the vessel and it began sinking to that side. While turning over on its port side, Occupant2 slid, her legs became trapped between the port side of the hull and the lake bottom (depth approximately 3’). Occupant1 slid in the seat and one of her lags became wedged in the rigging for the seat support. The operator was standing in the water and assisted the girls to get free. Occupant1 was freed first, as her leg only needed the appropriate angle to remove it from the seat support. At this point a good Samaritan who saw the incident occur immediately pulled up in his vessel and offered assistance. Occupant2s’ leg was freed from the side of the vessel at this point.
  
  Immediately following the passengers being freed, witness took all subjects involved aboard his vessel and his wife contacted 911. Witness took all subjects involved to the Okee-Tantie pond boat ramp. When I arrived on scene the 2 female passengers were being treated/assessed in an Okeechobee EMS ambulance. Okeechobee Sherriff office deputies were on scene with the vessel owner operator. I began the accident investigation at this time.