RedactedNarrative: Vessel – 14’ 6” Smoker Craft Aluminum Canoe
  
  On 08/21/2016, at about 12:50 pm, this vessel was rowing/paddling on the Winchester Waterway .5 miles North of Road 5NW, located near Ephrata, WA in Grant county.
   
  According to Law Enforcement, on this date, a Boy Scout Troop was canoeing down the waterway.  The Troop had come to the Low Head Dam and was deciding on how to get past the dam/waterfall.  The Victim decided to take an empty canoe and go over the dam.
   
  Victim fell overboard as the canoe went over the falls.  The canoe was sucked up against the falls and Victim tried to get the canoe away from the falls.  Victim was wearing a PFD but after being between the canoe and the falls he went under water and the PFD came off.  Both Victim and his PFD surfaced, Victim was unconscious.  
   
  The Boy Scout Troop retrieved Victim from the water and began CPR.  EMS arrived and transported Victim to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
   
  0 Injuries / 1 Fatality
  No apparent alcohol involvement 
  There was no vessel damage
  The Operator/Victim was wearing a PFD (improperly)
  The Operator did not have a mandatory Boater Education Card
  