RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR 1 WAS OPERATING VESSEL 1 WHILE PLOWING UPSTREAM. AS OPERATOR 1 WAS UNDERWAY WITH VESSEL 1, OPERATOR 1 NOTICED THAT VESSEL 1'S MOTOR KEPT CUTTING OUT ON THEM AS IF SOMETHING MAY HAVE BEEN SUCKED UP IN THE WATER JET. 
  
  AS OPERATOR 1 WAS TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH AN AREA THEY NOTICED A ROOT WAD AND FALLEN TREE IN THE WATERWAY, BUT VESSEL 1'S BOW WENT OVER THE ROOT WAD CAUSING VESSEL 1 TO IMPACT IT. AFTER VESSEL 1 IMPACTED THE ROOT WAD 2 OF THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD WERE EJECTED OVERBOARD. THERE WAS NO INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM THE COLLISION. VESSEL 1 WAS A TOTAL LOSS FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE ROOT WAD AND SWAMPING.