Four occupants (all wearing PFD's) on a fiberglass 16' open motorboat on the American Falls Reservoir for a Father's Day fishing derby. They launched into the reservoir earlier in the day at the Willow Bay Marina.  Winds early in the day were calm, in the afternoon winds raised considerably.  By the afternoon, occupants had navigated towards Grassy Point/Seagull Bay area when they noticed that their boat was taking on water.  They began to bail out water with a bucket when a nearby boat noticed that they needed help and offered to tow them into shore.  Per the owner of the victim boat, they were approximately 500 yards from shore at this point.  As soon as the boats were in motion, the victim boat took on more water, rapidly causing all four passengers to be ejected from the boat.  Stern submerged and bow became vertical.  Once passengers of the victim boat were ejected into the reservoir, parties of the witness/tow boat called 911 for help and pulled the victims on board their boat.  Power County Search and Rescue subsequently transported passengers of the victim boat to the Willow Bay Marina.  Search and Rescue also tied a buoy to the victim boat to keep it from drifting or sinking further.  Victim boat was later recovered with assistance of members of the Seagull Bay Yacht Club.  One adult male passenger sustained a cut on his lower right leg from the boat and was treated by power County EMS.
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