VESSEL #1 LAUNCHED FROM THE STERLING STATE PARK BOAT LAUNCH.  VESSEL #1 WAS ENROUTE EAST OF THE STATE PARK BEACH TO FISH.  WHILE ENROUTE TO HIS FISHING LOCATION, VESSEL #1 BEGAN TO TAKE ON WATER.  VESSEL #1 STATED THEY WERE HAVING EQUIPMENT ISSUES AND LOST ALL POWER TO THE VESSEL AND WERE TAKING ON WATER.  IT WAS REPORTED VESSEL #1'S STERN WENT UNDERWATER AS THEY GOT THEIR LIFE JACKETS ON.  VESSEL #1'S OPERATOR CONTACTED MONROE COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH AND ADVISED THEM THEY WERE IN DISTRESS.  VESSEL #1 WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AT THE TIME PERSONNEL RESPONDED.  VESSEL #1'S OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE ASSISTED BY FRENCHTOWN FIRE AND BROUGHT TO THE STATE PARK BOAT LAUNCH FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION.  SEE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INCIDENT REPORT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  ARRANEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO RECOVER VESSEL #1 FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.
LAKE ERIE
FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP           