RedactedNarrative: On December 8, 2015 at approximately 2:00 a.m. Gulf Power was made aware that some of their power lines were down, but the location was unknown. At 6:00 a.m. Operator1 launched his vessel (FL7732MJ), herein referred to as V1, at Jim’s Fish Camp and began traveling north on the Simpson River. As V1 was entering Jernigan Lake, Operator1 noticed the down power lines, and he ducked to avoid them. The outboard motor struck the power line lifting the bow of V1. Operator1 was thrown into the bottom of V1. V1 then ran into the east bank of the river. 
  
  Operator1 was unharmed, but the motor was inoperable. He then called the Gulf Power Crist Plant to inform them of the down power line.  I spoke to three Gulf Power employees who were also on the south side of the power lines. They stated that they knew about one of their lines going out at 2:00 a.m., but they were unsure where it was. Gulf Power cut off the energy to the lines and grounded them. I was told by one of the Gulf power employees that the support wire to the tower failed, which caused the tower to fall. Operator1 was uninjured.