SUBJECTS WERE UNDEWAY TRAVELING EAST IN MARCELLO'S CANAL TOWARD BAYOU SEGNETTE AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AN HOUR IN VESSEL LA 4150 FS. THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGER BEGAN WATCHING PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SHORELINE CATCHING FISH.  WHILE WATCHING THE OTHER PEOPLE THE VESSEL STRUCK A PYLON WITH THE PORT BOW OF THE VESSEL. THE PASSENGER WAS THROWN TO THE PORT SIDE OF THE VESSEL CAUSING HIS FACE TO IMPACT THE SAME PYLON. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT INJURED, AND TRANSPORTED THE PASSENGER TO BAYOU SEGNETTE STATE PARK WHERE HE WAS TAKEN TO WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER BY AMBULANCE.
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