RedactedNarrative: On April 9, 2017, Operator was operating his 28 ft pontoon boat on the Iowa River.  His wife was a passenger. At approximately 5:30 pm, Operator pulled his boat to the ramp located at Hills Access.  He backed his trailer down, boarded the boat again and pulled away from shore. As he was turning his boat around to load it onto the trailer, the boat ran out of gas.  
  
  He switched gas tanks, but was unable to prime the tank and start the boat. Due to high water on the river, boat was unable to fit under the bridge located just downstream of the boat ramp.  Operator's boat lodged up against a bridge pillar as Operator was attempting to get his boat started as it was lodged against the pillar.  The current was pushing against the pontoon of the boat.  The water began pushing the pontoon under the water level which caused the other side of the boat to raise up in the air slightly. 
  
  A bystander assisted in getting Operator’s wife out of the boat and onto the bridge pillar.  Later, the Fire Department was able to rescue Operator from the boat as well.  Approximately an hour after the boat became lodged against the pillar, it capsized and floated under the bridge where it came to rest downstream of the bridge.  The boat was retrieved from the river. The boat sustained substantial damage, but there were no injuries.  No citations were filed. Both subjects were wearing life jackets and not using either alcohol or drugs.
  