ON 10/09/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30PM THE VICTIM WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AND HIS FIANCE ARRIVED AT THE BOAT LANDING ON THE NORTH END OF CEDAR LAKE IN POLK COUNTY. THEY LAUNCHED THEIR NEWLY PURCHASED 1989 ALUMICRAFT BOAT ONTO CEDAR LAKE. OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE BOAT AND OCCUPANT WAS SEATED IN THE PASSENGER SEAT ON THE PORT SIDE. OPERATOR ACCELERATED AWAY FROM THE LANDING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ACCORDING TO OCCUPANT THE BOAT VIOLENTLY JERKED TO THE LEFT EJECTING BOTH SUBJECTS INTO THE LAKE. THE BOAT KEPT GOING TRAVELING IN TIGHT CLOCKWISE CIRCLES. OPEARTOR WENT UNDER THE WATER QUICKLY AND OCCUPANT STARTED SWIMMING TOWARDS SHORE. OCCUPANT WAS RESCUED BY A SUBJECT WHO WAS ON THE LAKE REMOVING DOCKS. OPERATOR WAS RECOVERED IN APPROXIMATELY 22FT OF WATER THREE DAY LATER UTILIZING THE SIZE SCAN SONAR AND THE ROV. WARDENS INSPECTED THE BOAT AND DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE STEERING LINKAGE FELL OFF DISCONNECTING FROM THE MOTOR CAUSING THE MOTOR TO TURN TO THE SIDE EJECTING BOTH SUBJECTS.
Cedar Lake
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