RedactedNarrative: AT APPROXIMATELY 5:35PM ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022, Operator WAS OPERATING HIS LOWE MOTORBOAT.  Operator STATED HE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH WHEN HE STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT. THE OBJECT WAS FOUND TO BE A WOOD BRIDGE THAT HAD BROKEN FREE AND FLOATED DOWN THE RIVER. THE LOWER UNIT OF THE MOTOR STRUCK THE BRIDGE CAUSING THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO RISE OUT OF THE WATER. Operator STATED THE BOAT CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MORE YARDS BEFORE THE MOTOR TURNED OFF. HE THEN LOWERED THE TROLLING MOTOR SO HIS SON COULD FISH. Operator AND HIS SON FISHED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AND USED THE TROLLING MOTOR TO RETURN TO THE NEW LONDON BOAT LAUNCH.