RedactedNarrative: details of the investigation/incident:   
      on april 10, 2022, at or about 5:16 p.m., i, indiana conservation officer received a phone call while off duty from central dispatch. dispatch advised that a male and female had been picked up after their kayak had capsized in the white river in owen county. dispatch asked if i would respond. while enroute to the spencer public access site i contacted indiana conservation lieutenant and advised him of the situation.    
          upon my arrival, owen county ems had both victims in the ambulance. paramedic advised they did not have any injuries, but their body temperatures were low. i was able to get the male and females information from ems. 
          i spoke with three individuals who rescued. i knew the subjects as GOOD SAM 1, GOOD SAM 2, and GOOD SAM 3. GOOD SAM 1 advised that they were out on the river running their boats when they were flagged down by PAX1. GOOD SAM 1 stated that PAX1 was pointing to something in the water. GOOD SAM 1 then noticed that OP1 was hanging onto a tree branch that was a part of the log jam. GOOD SAM 1 explained that he and GOOD SAM 2 pulled their boats up to OP1 and assisted her into the boat. they then loaded PAX1 into the other boat and went to the spencer public access site. while on their way they called owen county dispatch and advised them of the situation.    
          i asked GOOD SAM 1 if he found the kayak and he said it was stuck in the log jam. i asked GOOD SAM 1 if he saw PAX1 and OP1 throughout the day and he stated no.    
          after PAX1 and OP1 were cleared by medical personnel, i went into the back of the ambulance to interview both subjects. PAX1 explained that he and OP1 met at the gosport public access site around noon and began to float down the river. PAX1 was in an inflatable tube and OP1 was in a blue field and stream kayak. PAX1 advised that they stopped at a sandbar to hang out and then continued downstream. OP1 was then pushed by the current into a tree in the water and hit it broadside. the impact pushed the kayak over and OP1 fell out. PAX1 advised that he floated downstream about 100 meters and was able to get to shore. he then walked back to where OP1 was in the water.    
          both PAX1 and OP1 advised that she was in the water for 15 to 20 minutes before GOOD SAM 1 and GOOD SAM 2 arrived to help. when asked if they had personal floatation devices on, OP1 advised she did, and PAX1 stated he did not. they both advised they were not injured. OP1 stated that she had minimal experience kayaking and being on the water in general. neither one of them had made the float. PAX1 and OP1 both lost personal property in the river. both signed a signature of release with medical personnel.    
     
  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
  