RedactedNarrative: Owner/ Operator of the involved vessel states that he and three companions were fishing on the clearwater River just east of the Splading bridge.  They were on a 2007 Yamaha Sportjet.  The owner/ operator told me that two of his passengers were fishing and their lines had gotten entangled.  The owner/operator said he was attempting to untangle the lines and one of the lures got embedded into his right forearm.  The owner/operator said this made him become distracted and he lost control of the vessel in the swift current.  The owner/operator told me the vessel  turned sideways and the port side stuck the bridge support on the south end of the bridge.  The owner/operator said the current was extremely strong there and it flipped the vessel, ejecting all of the occupants into the water.  The owner/operator and one passenger wee able to swim to the southern shore.  The other two passengers climbed onto the hull of the overturned vessel and remained there until they were picked up by a passing boat. 
  
  There were no injuries.  The vessel was located later in the day near the memorial Bridge in Lewiston.  The vessel was valued at $16,000.00 and he reported seeral thousand dollars worth of equipment and personal property had been lost.  No one had been wearing a life jacket and did not put one on because of accident.