RedactedNarrative: V1 WAS HEADING WEST IN THE LOWER DITCH OF BAYOU METO, NEGOTIATING A STARBOARD TURN, WHEN THE THROTTLE STUCK. V1 OPERATOR STATES THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN, AND THAT THE VESSEL SLID TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A TREE.  V1 SUSTAINED CRUSHING DAMAGE TO THE BOW. DURING THE COLLISION, OCCUPANT 2 STRUCK THE LIGHT BAR AT THE BOW OF THE BOAT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. 
  
  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH THE THROTTLE STICKING.
  
  OCCUPANT 2 DECLINED TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, AND WAS INSTEAD TRANSPORTED BY HIS HUNTING PARTY, WHERE HE RECEIVED 6 STAPLES.
NameOfBodyOfWater: BAYOU METO
NearestCityTown: STUTTGART                     