Wisconsin Boating Fatality Summary - 2008 Season

Updated through February 3, 2009

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
1.	04/06/08	Wisconsin River	1	Fell Overboard	Open	No	No
	10:47am	Marathon	40, Male	Drowning	13'10" / 50hp
Victim-Operator drove boat too near the water cascade below an Open dam. Boat was caught in current & capsized.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
2.	04/06/08	Wisconsin River	1	Fell Overboard	Open	No	No
	10:47am	Marathon	17, Male	Drowning	13'10" / none
Victim was passenger on boat driven too near the water cascade below an Open dam. Boat caught in current & capsized.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
3.	06/05/08	Lake Tomahawk	1	Fell Overboard	Open	No	Yes
	2:25pm	Oneida	62, Male	Drowning	14' / 15hp		.23
Victim's boat was found unoccupied and going in circles. The victim was found the next day.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
4.	06/07/08	Lake Wisconsin	1	Fell Overboard	Open	No	Unknown
	2PM	Columbia	45, Male	Drowning	16'/ 40hp
Victim's boat was observed and found drifting across the Lake on 6/8. The victim was found the next day.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
5.	06/11/08	Bay of Green Bay Near Ellison Bay	1	Presume Capsized & Fell Overboard	Canoe	Yes	No
	Unknown	Door	22, Male	Hypothermia/Drowning	15'6"
Victim last seen in canoe leaving a resort on 6-11-08. Husband & wife observed a Blue object floating near Washington Island on 6-17 & 18. Investigation found victim. Blue object was the victim’s PFD.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
6.	06/14/08	Popple River	1	Presume Fell Overboard	Kayak	Yes	No
	4:00PM	Florence	30, Male	Drowning	7'9"
Victim did not reach pick-up point at expected time. Search next morning located victim face down near kayak in pool below Little Bull Falls.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
7.	06/21/08	Little Lake Butte des Morts	1	Capsized and Fall Overboard	Canoe	No	Not Known
	6:43pm	Winnebago	48, Male	Drowning
Father & Son in canoe encountered strong winds which capsized canoe. Son was able to swim safely to shore. Father did not and his body was recovered later about 10pm.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
8.	06/28/08	Geneva Lake	1	Struck by Boat While in Water	Open	Yes	No
	2PM	Walworth	28, Female	Trauma Injury	22' / 260hp
Victim was wakeboarding and fell off board. While waiting pick-up by the tow boat, she was struck by another approaching boat and that boat's propeller.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
9.	08/06/08	Black River	1	Fell Overboard	Canoe	No	Yes
	4PM	Jackson	61, Male	Drowning	17'		.238
Father and 2 daughters rented canoes for 2 hour trip on the Black River. Four hours later one daughter reported father did not arrive at the designated landing. Victim's body was found at 4AM next morning.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
10.	08/09/08	Scott Lake	1	Went into water voluntarily	Open	No	Yes
	4:40PM	Sawyer	43, Male	Drowning	16'5" / 60hp		.330
Victim went for swim. Unable to swim back to drifting boat. Boat occupants were unable to toss PFD's to victim or get the boat close to the victim.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
11.	08/14/08	Garth Lake	1	Fell Overboard	Open	No	No
	10:50AM	Oneida	46, Male	Not Known	14'
Victim told wife he was taking boat to work on motor. Boat found traveling in circles unoccupied. Victim body found at 6PM.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved / BAC Level
12.	08/17/08	Lake Monona	1	Went Swimming from Boat	Open	No	Yes
	10:22PM	Dane	40, Male	Drowning	23'		.02
Boat operator had stopped boat and was drifting. Victim went swimming. He surfaced once or twice then did not resurface again.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
13.	08/24/08	Lake Michigan	1	Struck Breakwall	Open	No	Yes
	1:15AM	Kenosha	31, Male	Blunt Trauma	18'		.242
Victim & 2 companions returning to Kenosha Harbor. Victim drove boat into the Harbor Breakwall.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
14.	08/29/08	Little Green Lake	1	Fell Overboard	Open	No	Taking
	11:30AM	Green Lake	41, Male	Drowning	14' / 30hp		Medication
Father & victim fishing from a drifting boat. Victim fell overboard. Father unable to locate victim until 30 minutes later.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
15.	08/30/08	Big St. Germain Lake	1	Tube rider collision with boat	Open	Yes	Yes
	5:23PM	Vilas	39, Male	Trauma Injuries	15' / 75hp		Driver_Suspect_BUI
Boat operator fell off seat. Passenger attempted to gain control of boat. Tube victim collided with boat. Boat operator fled the scene.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
16.	08/30/08	N Turtle Lake	1	Fell Overboard	Open	No	Yes
	9:00PM	Vilas	55, Male	Drowning	17'		.177
Husband & wife were fishing. Husband fell overboard. Wife unable to locate victim. Body was recovered the next day.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
17.	09/10/08	Fenner Lake	1	Capsized, fell overboard	Row boat	No	Not Known
	3:58PM	Adams	50, Male	Drowning	12'
Victim was fishing. Boat capsized. Victim found later under water. EMS unable to resuscitate victim.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
18.	09/25/08	Friess Lake	1	Capsized - Fell Overboard	Row Boat	No	Yes
	10:22PM	Washington	26, Male	Drowning	12'		.077
Victim was fishing. Suddenly stood up when fish struck his line. Action capsized boat. Victim was a non swimmer.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
19.	10/06/08	So. Allequash Lake	1	Canoe Capsized; Fell Overboard	Canoe	No	Unknown
	7:22AM	Vilas	42, Male	Drowning	16'
Two men in canoe enroute to Waterfowl hunting when canoe capsized. One swam to shore for help. Victim was told to stay with canoe and put on PFD. Victim was found later floating face-up below the water surface and feet above water. PFD was found floating nearby.

#	Date / Time	Water Body/ County	# Fatalities/ Age, Gender	Accident Type/ Cause of Death	Boat Type/ Size (length/hp)	PFD	Alcohol Involved/ BAC Level
20.	11/08/08	Wolf River	1	Canoe Capsized; Fell Overboard	Canoe	No	Yes
	4:40PM	Outagamie	47, Male	Drowning	16'6"		.268
Victim was fishing alone from anchored canoe. Victim was found downstream of capsized anchored canoe.

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Last Revised: Wednesday February 04 2009