OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WERE FISHING ON VESSEL WHEN A SEVERE STORM CAME UP. THEY DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE BOAT LANDING AT OLIVER LOCK & DAM. WHILE GOING TOWARD THE LANDING THE OPERATOR STRUCK A SUBMERGED LOG IN THE RIVER THAT DISABLED THE OPERATORS VESSEL. OPERATOR USED TROLLING MOTOR TO GET THE VESSEL TO THE TOLL BRIDGE WHERE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER LEFT THE VESSEL TIED UP TO A TREE AND HAD PLANNED TO RETURN THE NEXT DAY TO PICK IT UP. OFFICER INGRAM WAS CONTACTED BY 911 THAT A VESSEL HAD BEEN FOUND LODGED ON A LOG ANS SWAMPED. OFFICER MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER AND TOWED VESSEL FOR OPERATOR TO SMITH MARINA.
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