OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS OPERATING HIS BOAT ON BAYOU HEADING WESTBOUND WHEN THE YAMAHA 75HP ENGINE BROKE OFF THE TRANSOM OF THE BOAT.  THE BOAT THEN BEGAN TAKING ON WATER.  OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE ON THE BOAT AT THE TIME.  OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE PICKED UP BY A PASSERBY AND BROUGHT TO SHORE AT 1000 HOURS.  OPERATOR WAS UNAWARE HE HAD TO REPORT THE CRASH OR IMMOBILIZED BOAT IN THE WATER.  A PASSERBY REPORTED THE BOAT TAKING ON WATER AT 1445 HOURS.  OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON SCENE AND NO ONE WAS AT THE BOAT.  OWNER WAS CONTACTED AND ARRIVED BACK AT THE SCENE.  TOW BOAT USA WAS CALLED TO RETRIEVE THE BOAT.  TRANSOM ROT WAS OBSERVED ON THE BOAT WHILE IT WAS IN THE WATER.
GRAND RIVER
CROCKERY TOWNSHIP             