On 4/11/2010 at approximatley 1315 hours officer was advised of a possible boating accident with a boat that was stuck in the river.  The incident was on the South Fork of the Snake River just past the Kelly Canyon camp ground.  Upon arrival, the officer observed the boat and it was approximately .75 miles south east from the Byington boat ramp.  The officer was receiving information from someone who was not involed in the accident.  It was advised that possibly one or more persons were thrown from the boat at the time of the accident, and that one person could possibly have been injured.
The officer observed two aluminum jet boats in the area of which one was trying to assist the other.  The boat (unit 1) that appeared to be stuck was a 1959 16' Nels aluminum flat hull jet boat.
The officer was advised by the driver of unit 1 that three passengers were on board one of which passenger 1 was seated on the port side and passenger 2 was seated on the back starboard side.  Unit 1 was going south east (upstream) then collided with rocks due to the water being shallow.  This caused unit 1 to trun abruptly to it's starboard side throwing passenger 2 from unit 1.  Passenger 2 suffered minor injuries to the leg but no other injuries were reported.
Unit 1 suffered severe damage to the front of the hull and keel.  Damage was also done to the hull on the starboard side.
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