RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 was traveling south in nutbush creek on john h kerr reservior at approximately 12-15 mph near h buoy.   The operator of vessel 1 was watching a fish finder and paying attention to the water depth.  The passenger of vessel 1 was sitting on a seat in front of the console of vessel 1 with his right shoulder against the console and facing the starboard side of vessel 1.  The passenger of vessel 1 called the operators name.  When the operator of vessel 1 looked up from monitoring the fish finder, he saw the passenger of vessel 1 fall overboard out the starboard side of vessel 1 at approximately 12:00pm.   The operator of vessel 1 made a left turn while still on plane and went back to get the passenger of vessel 1.  The operator said once he completed the turn and made it back to the spot he last saw the passenger of vessel 1, he did not see the passenger.   
  
  The operator of vessel 1 threw a marker buoy out where he last saw the passenger of vessel 1.  The operator of vessel 1 said he tried to call 911 but dialed the wrong number, he dialed 919.  The operator of vessel 1 then called his wife and told her to call 911 that victim had fallen out of the boat and drowned.  The operator of vessel 1 called a friend and told him victim fell out the boat and drowned and he needed him to call 911.  The operator of vessel 1 told friend he was in the mouth of wilson brothers gut near the h buoy.   The operator of vessel 1 stayed around the marker buoy he threw out to mark the last place he saw the passenger of vessel 1 until the vance county rescue squad arrived.  The operator of vessel 1 and vessel 1 was taken to hibernia boating access area by members of the vance county rescue squad.   Friends of the operator of vessel 1 transported vessel 1 and the operator of vessel 1 to his residence.
            
  Townsville volunteer fire department and vance county rescue squad was dispatched at 12:06pm.   North carolina wildlife resources commission officer was dispatched at 12:18 pm and responded to the call from the warren county court house.   Officer arrived on scene and launched a patrol boat at 13:50pm.   Officer navigated to the h buoy and contacted captain with the vance county rescuse squad to assist with the recovery.   Vance county rescue squad set up a target area with marker buoys to began doing a grid search using drags.   
  
  Vance county rescue squad recovered the body of the passenger of vessel 1 at approximately 14:38pm, approximately 30-40 feet from the marker buoy placed by the operator of vessel 1.  The passenger of vessel 1 was still holding the line in his hand of the fishing rod he had been holding before he fell overboard.   The body was taken to maria parham hospital where subject performed a death medical exam.   
  
  Subject noted the passenger of vessel 1 was purple from the upper chest area up and said that can be a sign of some type of cardiac event.   A copy of the report of investigation by medical examiner is attached to this report.  There was no autopsy done on the passenger of vessel 1.   Officer with the north carolina wildlife resources commission completed the boating accident investigation.
  
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