RedactedNarrative: On 5/29/2020 at 9:10 AM a party of six people in two drift boats, with three persons aboard each boat, left Bennett Peak Campground floating downstream on  the North Platte River, with a takeout location in the town of Saratoga, WY. 
  
  Boat #1 was a 15-foot Clackacraft drift boat.  Subject1 was an experienced professional river guide, but the trip was for pleasure and was not outfitted. 
  
  The weather was clear, calm, warm, and the river current was strong, past the stage of high water run-off. The river flow measured 1,200 cubic feet per second at the North Gate gauging station at the Colorado state line, and 4,000 cfs at the Town of Saratoga, approximately 10 miles upstream from Treasure Island. The water temperature was about 50 degrees, and clear but stained brown. 
  
  At departure, Subject1 placed two inflatable PFDs on the floor next to his and Subject2’s seats, within reach. Subject1 handed Subject3 an inflatable PFD and said "This one's yours." Subject3 declined and said, "I don't need that." Subject3 clipped the PFD to a carabineer and an eye bolt under the bow of the drift boat. 
  
  After drifting downstream and fishing for three hours, the party stopped for lunch at the Treasure Island Public Access Area. Subject1, Subject3, and Subject2 each consumed one (12 oz) beer with lunch. After about an hour for lunch the party departed Treasure Island. 
  
  Subject3 asked Subject1 if he could row the boat, to which Subject1 consented. Subject1 took a position in the bow of the drift boat, Subject3 took the oarsman seat in the center, and Subject2 took the seat in the stern. Subject3 was an experienced white-water rafter. 
  
  The second boat left ahead of Subject3's boat. After about 2 hours of floating, Subject3 approached an island located in the center of the river. Subject3 had to make a decision to row to the left or right of the island. Subject1 was standing in the bow of the boat. Subject3 asked Subject1 which way he should go, and Subject1 called back over his shoulder to go right. Subject3 hesitated and then rowed hard upstream to attempt to take the boat above the tip of the island and catch the current that would carry the boat to the right side. Subject3 failed to pass the tip of the island. The bow of the boat struck the island. 
  
  All three passengers were thrown off balance when the boat rotated from the impact. The weight of the passengers on the starboard side of the boat caused the gunwale to dip below the surface of the water, and water quickly poured into the boat causing it to capsize. 
  
  The capsized boat was carried downstream by the current. All three passengers fell out of the boat, with nobody wearing a PFD. Subject1 and Subject2 emerged underneath the overturned boat, drifting downstream. Subject1 and Subject2 crawled out of the river onto the bank. They could not see Subject3. They walked downstream looking for Subject3 and found his body at the lower end of the island, about 20 feet from shore, caught in debris. He was lying face down, head downstream with his arms outstretched.  
  
  The water was about 2 feet deep and the current was too strong for them to wade. Subject1 and Subject2 waited and rested on the island for about an hour. A boat came along and offered assistance. 
  
  Subject4 and Subject1 waded out to Subject3 and recovered his body and dragged it onto the river bank. Subject3 had been in the water for approximately one hour and appeared to be deceased. At 3:45 PM, Subject4 called another in the other boat to report the accident and the incident was then reported to the Sheriff's office.
  
  A search and rescue mission was called out, involving multiple agencies. Classic Air Ambulance assisted in locating the victims and directing searchers to the scene. Another boat arrived at the scene with an unidentified operator. This boat ferried Subject2 across the river to the west side. Subject1 and subject4 loaded Victim into Subject4's boat and rowed across to the west side. Law enforcement officers and EMTs met Subject1 and Subject2 at the scene. The coroner arrived later and took possession of the body. The following day, volunteers and friends recovered boat from the river about 2 miles below the scene of the accident. The oars and oarlocks were missing and there was damage to the bow and sides from tumbling down the river.
  