VICTIM ALONG WITH THREE OTHER CO-WORKERS GOT INTO AN OLD ROW BOAT IN A POND LOCATED ON THE FARM WHERE THEY WERE WORKING.  SHORTLY AFTER PUSHING OFF FROM SHORE, THEY DISCOVERED THE BOAT WAS LEAKING AND STARTING TO SINK.  ALL FOUR STARTED TO PANIC AND JUMPED OUT OF THE BOAT.  THE DECEDENT COULD NOT SWIM AND SANK BELOW THE WATER.  911 WAS CALLED.  DIVERS ENTERED THE WATER AND FOUND DECEDENT 6 - 8 FEET UNDER THE WATER AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES.  VBEMS ATTEMPTED LIFE-SAVING MEASURES THAT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
ROGERS CREEK
HARTFORD TWP.                 