RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at approximately 4:45 pm Operator age 61 was traveling north on the Sipsey River portion of Smith Lake on his PWC.  Operator had in tow an inner tube carrying a 14 year old female Victim and a 12 year old.  Also on the PWC with Operator was a 12 year old female.  
  
  Operator stated that he was pulling them up and down the river on the inner tube for entertainment.  While going back to his dock he met a pontoon boat coming towards him in the middle of the river, Operator stated that he made the decision to pass the pontoon boat on the starboard side instead of the port side because he thought he would have more room that way.  
  
  While Operator was passing the pontoon boat Tuber1 fell off the inner tube.  Operator then proceeds to turn around to go back for Tuber1 turning the PWC towards the east side of the riverbank and the inner tube towards the west side of the riverbank.  Operator said he was going about 25 miles per hour when he turned around.  
  
  This resulted in the intertube that was still carrying Victim to spin around towards the west side of the river bank and strike some rocks and a log trunk that was about 25" in diameter on her left side.  
  
  The initial impact of the crash caused severe trauma to Victim''s leg, upper torso, and face knocking her unconscious.  Operator went over towards Victim after he noticed she was injured and tried to retrieve her from the water but was unsuccessful.  
  
  He then leaves Victim with Tuber1 and tells him to keep her head above water and proceeds to go back to his neighbors dock for help.  Operator comes back over with Victim''s mother on the PWC and his neighbor driving his boat. They pull Tuber1 and Victim out of the water and put them in the boat taking them back over to Operator''s dock.  
  
  First responders were called out to the scene and later arrived around 5:20 pm to transport Victim by ambulance to Lakeland Community Hospital in Haleyville, AL.  While at the hospital Victim was still unresponsive and was later pronounced dead due to blunt force trauma and severe blood loss.
  