RedactedNarrative: On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at approximate 10:08 PM, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Miami Regional Communication Center (MRCC) received a complaint in reference to an individual requesting assistance with an overturned vessel in the vicinity of the Intracoastal Waterways (ICW) and the Julia Tuttle Bridge. 
  
  Three males entered the water at the Julia Tuttle Causeway (I-195) (north side) at approximately 6:00 PM and drove their vessel to the Julia Tuttle Bridge, a distance of approximately .15 nautical miles. While the 12' Jon boat was moored up at the Bridge, they used the bridge's pillings and structure as a fishing platform and spent approximately 4 hours fishing. 
  
  While returning to land, at approximate 10:00 PM, the vessel capsized and sank immediately after taking on water from the bay. Subject1 exited the water and requested help via a good Samaritan's cell phone who was fishing on the westbound lane of the causeway (I-195). 
  
  Subject2 was able to stay afloat until he was found by a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) search and rescue vessel dispatched by USCG Station Miami Beach at 10:19 PM. Subject3 was found face down on the water at at 11:13 PM at coordinates N25°48.8’ W080°09.9’ (approximately 1,000 feet north east of the vehicle used to transport the vessel) and was subsequently transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma where he was pronounced dead. 
  
  Subject2 was also transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was treated and released at approximately 3:00 AM on September 28, 2018. 
  
  None of the occupants of the vessel was using a personal flotation device (PFD) and there were not PFDs onboard the vessel. The vessel did not have any navigational lights, nor sound producing device. 
  The vessel was recovered on September 28, 2018 by the FWC dive team. The vessel was salvaged and transported to the Florida International University (FIU) boat ramp by FWC Officers. I took possession of the vessel at the boat ramp and relocated it to the Miami Office by land where it is presently maintained. 
  
  According to the hospital's Facesheet Subject3 suffered a cardiac and respiratory arrest as a result of drowning after the vessel that he was operating capsized in Biscayne Bay.
  