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  On Sunday, April 12, 2020, at approximately 1216 hours, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Officers responded to a single vessel accident, located in Manatee County, Florida. A 1977, 17-foot Alumacraft Canoe (V1) was paddled across a 3 acre (approximate) pond, located on private property. 
  
  The operator was sitting at the rear of the canoe and was paddling. A juvenile occupant was standing near the center of the canoe and was fishing with a cast net. The juvenile subject threw the cast net and lost his balance which caused the canoe to capsize sending both occupants into the water without life jackets. 
  
  Both subjects attempted to stay afloat but eventually sank and never resurfaced. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office dive team recovered both subject’s bodies from the bottom of the pond, a short distance from the incident location.
  
  According to relatives, Operator had recently purchased the canoe and this was the first time that he had used it. Operator had over 100 hours of vessel operating experience and knew how to swim. The preliminary cause of death for Operator was drowning. The manner of death was ruled an accident. ;
  
  According to relatives, victim knew how to swim. The preliminary cause of death was drowning. The manner of death was ruled an accident.
  