AT APPROX 3:29PM, ON 6/21/09,  operator WAS THE ALLEGED OPERATOR OF VESSEL LA-4694-ER AS IT TRAVELED DOWNSTREAM IN THE AMITE RIVER IN LIVINGSTON PARISH. TWO PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD. THE ESTIMATED SPEED OF THE VESSEL WAS APPROX 40-45MPH. AS OPERATOR WAS NAVIGATING A CURVE IN THE RIVER, HE REPORTEDLY LOST CONTROL CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CRASH INTO THE TREE LINE ALONG THE WESTERN SHORELINE. WHEN AGENTS ARRIVED ON SCENE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL HAD ALREADY ARRIVED AND WERE TRATING OPERATOR FOR A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND MULTIPLE LACERATIONS ABOUT HIS BODY. victim WAS TREATED FOR A SEVERE LACERATION TO THE HEAD. OPERATOR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSPORTED TO ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WHERE HE UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM. A PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED 15 STICHES TO HIS FOREHEAD. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT OPERATOR WAS LATER ISSUED CITATIONS AND BOOKED INTO THE LIVINGSTON PARISH DETENTION FACILITY ON JUNE 23, 2009 FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFENSES:   1.) OPERATING A VESSEL WHILE INTOXICATED (3RD OFFENSE)   2.) FIRST DEGREE NEGLIGENT INJURY AND  3.) RECKLESS OPERATION OF A WATERCRAFT.
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