RedactedNarrative: The incident occurred on the Chattahoochee River south of Gilbert’s Boat Landing near Columbia, Alabama. Sgt. said only one vessel was involved in the incident and the operator was found deceased by Columbia EMS. I arrived on scene at Gilbert’s Landing at approximately 2323 hours.
  Officer said Victim called a friend and told Friend he had been in a boat “accident”. Officer said Victim told Friend he was having trouble breathing. Officer said Friend called another friend who worked for the Columbia EMS and a search for Victim began. Officer said Columbia EMS located Victim and his boat about two hundred and fifty yards south of Gilbert’s Landing. Officer said EMS attempted CPR on Victim, but he was already deceased.
       Columbia Police Department and Henry County Alabama Sheriff’s Office contacted the Early County, Georgia Sheriff’s Office about the incident, the incident scene is located in Early County Georgia. The Early County Sheriff’s Office notified Georgia DNR Law Enforcement at approximately 2000 hours.
      I spoke with the Early County Coroner who was on scene at the landing. 
      Victim’s vessel was jammed into some trees and was hung up by something underneath the vessel. The decision was made to leave the vessel until the next morning.  
      On Friday May 03, 2019, I returned to Gilbert’s Landing and was met by GW.  We put a vessel on the river and went to the incident scene. At the scene I took photos and some measurements. The scene is approximately six hundred yards from the mouth of the creek at Gilbert’s Landing. There is a power line crossing the river approximately fifty yards from the incident scene. The river is one hundred sixty yards wide at the incident scene. Victim’s vessel was on the west bank of the river. The vessel struck a log sticking out from shore into the water approximately three feet, the log was broken off at that length. A second log was sticking out from shore nine feet and was struck by Victim’s vessel six feet from shore. Victim’s vessel traveled underneath a tree hanging over the water next to the river bank (See photographs and incident scenes). The river bank at this location has twelve to fourteen-foot-high dirt embankment cliffs. The tree hanging over the water that Victim’s vessel went underneath is about three to four feet above the water. The tree hanging over the water is approxi…
  