ON OCTOBER 17, 2009 AT APPROX 12:00 NOON, A SINGLE BOAT SWAMPING THEN CAPSIZING, RESULTING IN 4 INJURIES OCCURRED IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN APPROX 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE NORTHSHORE & 1/4 MILE WEST OF THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE. THE VESSEL, WHICH WILL FROM NOW ON BE REFERRED TO AS VESSEL 1, WAS REGISTERED AS A 1986 17' GULF LINE, THOUGH IT'S ACTUAL LOA WAS 16'4". AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT VESSEL 1 WAS OWNED BY OWNER 1 OF COVINGTON LA. OPERATOR 1 WAS THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1, HIS THREE PASSENGERS ARE LISTED BELOW. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, VESSEL 1 WAS UNDERWAY IN THE LAKE. VESSEL 1 ENCOUNTERED ROUGH SEAS, SWAMPED, THEN CAPSIZED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE AIR TEMP WAS APPROX 55 AND WATER TEMP WAS APPROX 78. ALL FOUR POB ENTERED THE WATER. ALL POB WERE WEARING PFD'S WHILE THEY WERE IN THE WATER. PASSENGER 1, PASSENGER 2 , AND PASSENGER 3 WERE ALL RESCUED FROM THE WATER, ALIVE, THAT NIGHT AT APPROX 9:31PM BY USCG & STPSO. PASSENGER 1 & PASSENGER 2 WERE TRANSPORTED BY AIR TO EAST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL. PASSENGER 3 WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. TAMMANY HOSPITAL. OPERATOR 1WAS RESCUED FROM THE WATER, ALIVE, THE NEXT DAY (10/18/2009) AT APPROX. 10:41AM, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. TAMMANY HOSPITAL. NEITHER ALCOHOL NOR DRUGS CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT.
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