RedactedNarrative: On June 3rd 2019, at approximately 3:17 p.m., I received a phone call from the Early County Sheriff’s Office in reference to a boating incident that had occurred on the Chattahoochee River near the Confederate Naval Yard. I made contact with Captain with the Sheriff’s office and he advised me that EMS was on scene treating a 78 year old man for lacerations on his ankle along with some scrapes and bruises down his back and on his arms. I arrived on scene at 3:51 p.m.  The victim, Victim, had been transported to Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan, Alabama. Subject advised me that Victim had been the only occupant in the vessel at the time of the incident and that the vessel was tied off down river.
  
  	I met Cpl. and Game Warden at Desser Landing and launched a patrol vessel to locate Victim’s vessel. The vessel, a 15ft 1991 Lancer stick steer with a Mercury 60HP outboard, was tied off to a stump on the Georgia bank just inside Seminole County.  While photographing the vessel for evidence, I notice the kill switch was still attached to the vessel throttle assembly. I also noticed that there was a moderate amount of water in the rear of the vessel, but, overall it seemed to have no notable damage. We towed the vessel back to the Confederate Navel Yard and spoke with Victim’s daughter, over the phone. She advised us which dock to tie the vessel off to. On that dock, I noticed blood from where Victim was picked up by EMS along with a pair of sandals. We secured the vessel to the owner’s dock.
  
  	Victim stated that he had been fishing that morning and was about to leave for his brother’s birthday party. While he was riding at about ¾ speed, something flew out of the back of the vessel and he turned to see what it was. Victim stated during this time he must have let go of the stick and the vessel took an extremely hard left, throwing him out of his vessel. Victim informed us he was not wearing a PFD or his kill switch when the incident occurred. 
  
  He began to swim to the bank and that his vessel continued to circle in the river. After making it to the bank he noticed that his right ankle was cut in two places. Victim stated that he watched his boat approximately an hour and a half before it ran out of gas just below where we located it. A short time later he was able to flag down an unidentified man who was able to help Victim tie his boat off to the stump and take him to shore for medical attention. At the dock, Victim said that his ankle began to bleed more severely and that they called 911 for an ambulance. 
  	
  Victim did not feel up to writing a statement himself at the hospital, but instead had his daughter write down his statement and he signed it. He also signed over a copy of his medical records pending his release from the hospital.