ON THURSDAY MAY 18TH 2023 I (INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER 1) WAS DISPATCHED TO DOGWOOD LAKE AT GLENDALE FISH AND WILDLIFE AREA.   I ARRIVED AROUND 3:30 PM AND SAW A BRIGGEMANS TOWING TRUCK BACKED UP THE WATER.  THERE WAS A BOAT NEXT TO THE TOW TRUCK THAT WAS ON A TRAILER.      
 
THE INSIDE OF THE BOAT WAS WET AND THERE WAS AQUATIC VEGETATION INSIDE OF IT.  A DOOR TO THE LIVE WELL, A DOOR TO A STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND A PASSENGER SEAT CUSHION WERE MISSING.      
 
THE BLUE BOAT WAS MADE BY STRATOS AND HAD AN INDIANA REGISTRATION NUMBER.  A HULL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS LISTED.  
 
THE TRAILER WAS GRAY IN COLOR AND ALSO MADE BY STRATOS. IT  HAD A PLATE NUMBER AND HAD A VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.      
 
I SPOKE WITH TWO SUBJECTS AT THE RAMP THAT WERE IN THE BOAT WHEN IT CAPSIZED.  THE OPERATOR WAS IDENTIFIED AS OPERATOR AND THE PASSENGER AS PASSENGER.  BOTH MEN WERE STAYING AT CAMPSITE AND WE MOVED TO THAT LOCATION TO TALK ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.   
 
ACCORDING TO OPERATOR AND PASSENGER THEY WERE HEADING TO A COVE ON DOGWOOD LAKE NEAR THE CAMPGROUND AND WERE NAVIGATING THOUGH TREE STUMPS.  AT ONE POINT THEY HIT A STUMP AND GOT STUCK ON IT FOR A SHORT TIME.  AFTER HITTING THE STUMP THEY NOTICED THE BOAT SEEMED TO BE TAKING ON WATER AND SITTING LOWER IN THE WATER THAN BEFORE.    
 
PASSENGER MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE BOAT BECAUSE THE BACK OF THE BOAT WAS GETTING TO CLOSE TO THE WATER LINE.  WHEN HE DID THIS THE BOAT CAPSIZED AND BOTH MEN WENT INTO THE WATER.  BOATS THAT WERE NEARBY CAME TO ASSIST AND GOT BOTH MEN TO SAFETY AND TOWED THE CAPSIZED BOAT TO THE RAMP.    
 
WHILE SPEAKING TO THE WRECKER DRIVER HE MENTIONED THERE APPEARED TO BE DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT BEFORE THEY ROLLED IT OVER.  I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH THE OPERATOR BOAT AND COULD SEE PAINT THAT WAS BUBBLED AND WHAT LOOKED TO BE RUST.  IT WAS APPARENT THE BOAT HAD BEEN WORKED ON BEFORE AND THE HULL WAS NOT IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION.  OPERATOR ADVISED HE HAS OWNED THE BOAT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND DID NOT HAVE ANY WORK DONE TO IT AT THAT LOCATION.   
 
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 2:00 PM AND BY THE DESCRIPTION FROM OPERATOR IN STATE PARCEL NUMBER 14-17-02-400-012.000-007.  THIS LOCATION IS SOUTHWEST OF THE COVE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE CAMPGROUND.  OPERATOR ALSO EXPLAINED THAT HE LOST A CELL PHONE AND THREE FISHING POLES IN THE ACCIDENT.  BOTH MEN ADVISED THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY FUEL LEAKAGE AND DID NOT SEE ANY TYPE OF SHEEN ON THE WATER.   
Dogwood Lake