On December 9, 2012, LDWF Enforcement agents were advised of a boating incident   that had occurred in Assumption Parish on Bayou Grosbec. Agents were informed that the two passengers had been injured and were being transported to Thibodaux Regional Hospital.   Deputy advised that the operator was possibly intoxicated and was placed under arrest for resisting an officer.  Agents arrived on scene and made contact with  Operator  and detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on Operator's breath as he spoke.  Field sobriety was conducted and Operator was transported to Assumption Parish detention center where he was given an opportunity to submit a breath sample which he refused. He also refused blood and urine testing.  He was booked for DWI 1st offense and Reckless operation.  Agents then spoke with Operator about the incident. he advised that they had just got on step when the vessel took a hard starboard turn he then "throttled down" then impact occurred with the island.  This occurred in a no wake zone.  operator should not have been getting on plane at the time.  He stated to agents that he thought the steering had broke causing the incident.  Agents inspected the steering and found it to be broke however has not been determined if it broke before or after impact .
Pierre Part                   