RedactedNarrative: On 6/5/2022, at approximately 10:00am, vessel 1 was traveling on buckhorn reservoir with three juvenile passengers.  The boat was a white 19 foot flat bottom southern skimmer with a t-top.
  
  Just after launching the boat and leaving the boat ramp, the operator was cruising at a speed of 10-20 mph.  While traveling at this speed, the vessel hit a wake causing something to shift and fall from the overhead t-top compartment.  
  
  The operator momentarily let go of the steering wheel to reach up to the compartment.  At this point, there was no control over the steering wheel which caused the vessel to make a sharp right turn.  The sharp turn elected the operator and two of the three juvenile passengers out of the boat.
  
  The kill switch was zip-tied in a position rendering it inoperable.  The boat then began doing circles at 10-20 mph.  A bystander on another boat saw that there was an issue and came to render aid.  He was able to pick up the operator and one of the juvenile passengers that was ejected out of the boat.  A juvenile that was not ejected was able to shut the power off to the boat going in circles.  At this time, the operator realized that one juvenile was missing.  The bystander that rendered aid called 911 immediately.  The juvenile that was missing was recovered 16 hours later and was found to have a head injury presumably from the skeg of the vessel.  This juvenile died from the injuries received.
  
  
  ***please note:  this report was manually entered in the bard system due to transmission issues with the report beam system.***
  
  **bard:  please do not delete this report**
  
  
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