RedactedNarrative: The operator was in a rented boat with two passengers. Operator was fishing while drifting upstream of Lock and Dam 7. 
  
  The boat was getting close to the main channel just upstream of lock and dam 7, so he attempted to start the motor. He was unsuccessful. He then switched to the electric trolling motor, but it was not strong enough to overcome the current. The boat then impacted gate 7 on L&D 7. The boat and the three occupants then got washed under gate 7. 
  
  The two passengers came out the other side of the gate with their life jackets on. The operator who had not been wearing a life jacket when the boat was submerged under the gate, came up on the downstream side of the gate and grabbed a floating PFD and put it on himself. Lock and Dam personnel pulled the young passenger and the operator from the downstream side of the gate with a ring buoy. The adult passenger was pulled up by a fisherman about 100 yards south of the dam. The young passenger was transported by ambulance to the hospital with injuries. The adult passenger and the operator received first aid at the scene. Alcohol was not a factor in the incident.