RedactedNarrative: Operator1 was operating the vessel and was traveling upriver from Koger Island toward the Cane Creek Boat Ramp after hunting with passengers.  The vessel was towing a layout boat that is used for duck hunting, and the vessel contained various duck decoys and blind materials for hunting.  
  
  Due to the current flowing down river and 15-25 mph winds from the northwest, the river was hazardous.  As they were crossing toward the southern (Colbert county) side of the river, a wave came over the front of the vessel filling the vessel before a second wave hit the vessel causing it to flip.  
  
  Operator1 was not wearing a PFD at the time of the incident.  Subject2 was wearing a PFD that did not stay secured, and his son was wearing a properly secured pdf that remained secured.  
  
  Subject2 was helping his son and got the attention of other boaters that came to help.  The other boaters were able to get the passengers in their vessel and try to assist Operator1, but he was unresponsive.  They brought them to the Cane Creek Boat Ramp and met Cherokee V.F.D and Shoals Ambulance Service personnel.  
  
  Operator1 did not survive, and the Colbert County Corner took possession of his body.  Subject2 and his son were transported to North Alabama Medical Center in Florence where they were evaluated and released the same day.  The individuals that helped stated that they did not see the vessel capsize, they only became aware of the incident when they saw Subject2 in the water signaling them by waving his arms.
  