OPERATOR AND PASSENGER LAUNCHED BOAT UNDER THE RT 50 BRIDGE IN SWIFT CURRENT, WITH THE INTENTIONS OF GOING UP STREAM.  AFTER FIRING THE ENGINE THE JET SUCKED UP A ROCK AND THE BOAT LOST  POWER.  THE BOAT DRIFTED DOWN STREAM AND BECAME PINNED SIDEWAYS AGAINST A LARGE TREE LIMB THAT WAS HUNG ON A BRIDGE PILLAR.  BOTH MEN CLEANED THE JET, FIRED THE ENGINE AND ATTMPTED TO PULL FORWARD AROUND THE TREE.  THE BOAT THEN HIT A LIMB OF THE TREE TIPPING THE BOAT AND ALLOWING WATER OVER THE SIDE.  THE BOAT THEN CAPSIZED AND THE OCCUPANTS OF BOAT SWAM TO SHORE.

BOTH MEN WERE WEARING TYPE 3 PFD'S
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