RedactedNarrative: Operator was on the Licking River attempting to evacuate people from their homes due to the flooded river. He ran into a bridge that he thought he could fit under but as he tried to go under his outboard motor struck the bottom of the bridge and left the motor disabled causing him to float down the river with no power.
  
  He struck a tree that caused his boat to begin swamping and said he had to hold onto a tree for 45 minutes waiting to be rescued.