SUBJECTS WERE FISHING BELOW NEWBURGH DAM, SOUTH OF GATE 9.   AFTER FISHING THIS STRETCH OF WATER THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION.  operator ADVISED THE MOTOR WOULD NOT START AND EVENTUALLY RAN THE BATTERY DOWN.  WHILE TRYING TO MAKE REPAIRS TO GET THE MOTOR STARTED, THE CURRENT PULLED THEM TOWARDS THE LAST GATE OF THE DAM.   THERE IS AN EDDY THAT CAUSES THE WATER TO FLOW UPSTREAM AND BACK INTO GATE 9.  THIS EDDY PULLED THE INOPERABLE BOAT INTO THE GATE RESULTING IN THE EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED.  THE BOAT AND PASSENGERS WERE RECOVERED AFTER THE DAM OPERATOR CLOSED GATE9.  THERE WAS ONE FATALITY AND operator WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST.MARY'S HOSPITAL.  THE BOAT WAS RECOVERED , BUT APPEARS TO BE A TOTAL LOSS.
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