RedactedNarrative: THE OWNER OF VESSEL ONE EXPLAINED THAT THE VESSEL WAS BEING OPERATED BY OPERATOR 1 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE VESSEL WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE "CHUTE" NEAR THUNDERBIRD COUNTRY CLUB WHEN A LARGE WAKE CAME OVER THE BOW OF HIS VESSEL.  THE VESSEL DID NOT RECOVER FROM THE WAKE, RATHER IT BEGAN TO PITCH THE BOW BENEATH THE WATER'S SURFACE, CAUSING EXCESSIVE DRAG THOWRING THE PASSENGERS FROM THEIR SEATS.  ACCORDING TO OWNER AND OPERATOR 1, OWNER GAVE THE COMMAND TO ABANDON SHIP.  WHEN OWNER DID SO, OPERATOR 1 ABONDONED THE HELP, LEAVING THE VESSEL IN GEAR.  OPERATOR 1 WAS NOT WEARING A KILL SWITCH LANYARD.  OPERATOR 1 GRABBED OCUUPANT 1 AND TOSSED OCUUPANT 1 OVERBOARD, THEN GRABBED OCUUPANT 2, TOSSING OCUUPANT 2OVERBOARD AND JUMPING IN DIRECTLY BEHIND OCUUPANT 2.  WHEN OPERATOR 1 AND OCUUPANT 2 WENT OVERBOARD, THEY DID SO OVER THE BOW.  WITH THE VESSEL STILL IN GEAR, THEY JUMPED DIRECTLY INTO THE PATH OF THE VESSEL.  OWNER, REMAINING ABOARD, PULLED THE VESSEL OUT OF GEAR.  WHEN OWNER DID SO THE VESSEL'S BOW RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL POSITION, ABOVE THE WATER.  THE VESSEL TRAVELED OVER THE TOP OF OPERATOR 1 AND OCUUPANT 2.
  
  UPDATE: 07-11-18 - CRIME LAB TOXICOLOGY RESULTS RECEIVED.  OPERATOR TESTED POSITIVE FOR BENZODIAZEPINES (CITALOPRAM, DIAZEPAM AND NORDIAZEPAM) AND CANNABINOIDS.