RedactedNarrative: On April 21, 2018, there was a fatality that occurred on Sardis Lake Reservoir at approximately 11:05 a.m.. 
  
  Victim put his boat in at Engineers Point with the help of his friend. Victim was in the boat and Friend backed him down the ramp. Once the boat was launched into the water, Friend went to park the truck in the parking lot (approximately 125 yards away from the water).As Friend was walking back down to the water, he noticed that Victim couldn't get the motor started and was drifting across the lake toward the gatehouse. Victim tried to paddle the boat back to the ramp but dropped his paddle into the water. As he tried to retrieve the paddle, he fell overboard. There was a couple putting in  at the boat ramp. Friend asked the couple if they could help Victim. One person called 911. She and Friend took the boat out to aid Victim. There were buoys connected by a cable going around the gatehouse which prevented her from driving her boat up to Victim so she jumped into the water and pulled Victim to shore. Once she got him to the Bank Volunteer Fireman and Corps. Rangers started CPR on Victim.
  
    Conservation Officer received a call from Panola S.O. at approximately 11:17 about someone falling into the water but had been helped out. Officer advised Officers that they needed to go to Engineer's Point and see what was going on. Upon arrival, the Officers noticed the subject was lying on the bank and CPR was being performed. The Officers ran down and helped with the process of preforming CPR . Victim was loaded into the ambulance at Engineer's Point and taken to Panola Medical Center. At approximately 13:30, Officer went to Panola Medical Center and were informed that Victim had been pronounced dead.