RedactedNarrative: Vessel - 2015, 10' 3" Kawasaki STX-15 PWC (Jet Ski) / 160 hp Inboard Engine (No Registration Number or HIN have been received by the Owner as the vessel was just purchased on 06/06/2015).  
  
  On 07/04/2015, at about 04:00 p.m., this vessel was on the Columbia River near Maryhill State Park located in Klickitat county WA. 
  
  According to the Vessel Owner/Witness,  after rescuing another 2 people on a PWC, the Operator,  tried to tow a different PWC and was pulled off her Jet Ski by the tow rope.  The Jet Ski shot in front of the barge and was run over.  There were no injuries.  The Jet Ski was totaled. 
  
  The Owner/Witness went on to explain that the second PWC was overturned and the hull was black in 3 foot water.  A man and his young son were hanging on to the craft when she and operator reached them dead center of the shipping lane.  Given the 3 foot waves and the angle of the sun, it is entirely possible that the captain could not have seen them in the water without the other Jet Skiers on top of the water near them.   
  
  During the course of the rescue, Jet Ski sucked up a rope and was dead in the water along with the original victims.  If inexperienced granddaughter's efforts to tow her away from the barge had failed, there would have been no accident at all, but the tow rope jerked her off the Jet Ski, and from its momentum, the Jet Ski shot dead center of the barge and was rolled under. 
  
  0 Injuries / 0 Fatalities 
  There was no apparent alcohol involvement 
  The vessel was reported as a "Total Loss".  Value estimate of $10,000 
  The Operator was wearing a PFD 
  The Operator did not have a mandatory Boater Education Card 
  
  NOTE:  The Vessel Operator was operating the vessel under the supervision of the Vessel Owner/Witness, Clark.  Clark did have an Oregon issued Boater's Education Card. 
  
  There was no BAR submitted by either the Operator or Owner of the second PWC.
   