night-time boat crash that killed the 30-year-old last summer.

Owner of the boat, Kirk Wade, 29, told a Supreme Court jury that he awoke from a deep sleep when the 17-foot craft, driven by teenager Gregory Talbot, crashed onto a small island sometime after midnight last August 31.

He heard cries of distress. And Swan and 16-year-old Anthony Johnson were lying on the rocks bleeding from head wounds.

Wade said he attended to Swan first because he did not seem to be conscious.

"He was just laying there. Just laying motionless,'' he said. "I checked to see if I could get a pulse or anything of that nature. But there was nothing.

His eyes were just fixed. I thought he was dead.'' He moved Swan to a comfortable place and then went to see Johnson who had a gash on the forehead.

He said he also sent off emergency flares and tried to find a light. Talbot, 18, of Smith's Parish, denies causing Swan's death by reckless driving of a power boat. He also denies causing injury to Johnson, operating a power boat in a dangerous manner, and operating it without due care and attention.

Wade admitted drinking scotch earlier on in St. George's. But he said he fell asleep shortly after the boat, Ocean Arrow , left the East End. He had assumed Talbot was going to drive the group back to Devil's Hole where he lived.

The next thing he knew, it had mounted Lambda Island in the Great Sound. Swan had been seated behind Talbot when they left and the sea and weather conditions were "fairly good''. He added he knew Talbot to be experienced around boats.

Solicitor General Mr. Barrie Meade told jurors there was evidence Talbot had failed to follow channel markers in the Great Sound and as a result ran 40 feet onto Lambda Island at an estimated speed of 25 knots.

Jurors had a difficult job to perform, he said, with one young man dead and another standing accused of a serious offence.

But he said Talbot had operated the boat in a reckless manner and had not considered the dangers of riding it too fast at night.

Topographical surveyor William Gilmore admitted under cross examination by Talbot's lawyer Mr. Archie Warner that parts around Lambda Island were submerged at high tide, when the accident occurred.

And Marine Policeman P.c. Michael Shaw said the island was not lit at night, although nearby Pearl Island was.

P.c. Shaw conceded Lambda Island was very difficult to see unless you knew it was there. It was shielded by the land mass of the Bermuda mainland and bulk of Hawkins Island, he said.

Shannon Tucker, 18, told the jury in the afternoon that the group had been heading for Hamilton Harbour to meet a party cruise.

He had been sitting at the front of the boat with his head down when suddenly they hit rocks.

At first he ran away from the scene in fright, but went back after seeing Swan laying on the rocks.

"I checked his pulse to see if he was alive,'' Tucker said. "He moaned for a few seconds and moved and then just stopped.'' Tucker said he jumped into the sea and swam to nearby Hawkins Island to try and get help. He broke into a house on the island and found a radio.

He fiddled with it and eventually made contact with someone, who summoned Police and an ambulance.

The fifth man in the boat, Anthony Johnson, 16, testified only Wade and Swan had been drinking liquor in St. George's.

He recalled being catapulted out of the boat when it hit rocks.

Johnson said he hurt his head and later received stitches at hospital, where he stayed for three days.

Emergency Department Doctor Frank Daly, who was flown back to Bermuda from Australia to testify, said he went to the island with Marine Police the night of the accident.

Swan was bleeding from the head and unresponsive when he arrived. After examining him further, he declared him to be dead. Cause of death was probably due to severe head injuries, he testified.

Dr. Daly also examined Johnson and Talbot. He said Talbot injured his chest as a result of "running into rocks in a boat at high speed''.

Mr. Warner suggested to Dr. Daly that he was assuming the boat had been going at a high speed.

Dr. Daly said he had been unable to determine the exact speed, but his "overall impression'' from the men he examined and spoke to was that the boat had been travelling at a high speed.

The trial continues on Monday when Mr. Warner is expected to start the case for the defence.