OPERATOR AND THREE OTHER PERSONS WERE IDLING IN THE NO WAKE ZONE AT THE ENTRANCE OF RIGOLETS ESTATES PRIVATE CANAL HEADING TOWARD LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. JUST AS OPERATOR WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE THE OURBOARD ENGINE'S LOWER UNIT STRUCK A SUBMERGED PILING. THIS CAUSED THE STERN OF THE BOAT TO RISE UP, CAUSING OPERATOR'S HEAD TO STRIKE THE VESSEL'S CENTER CONSOLE. OPERATOR AND THREE OTHER OCCUPANTS RETURNED TO THEIR HOME NEARBY. ACADIAN AMBULANCE SERVICE TRANSPORTED OPERATOR TO SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR POSSIBLE HEAD INJURIES. OPERATOR UNDERWENT A CAT SCAN AT THE HOSPITAL. THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN ADVISED AGENT THAT NO INJURIES WERE OBSERVED AND OPERATOR WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE IS NOT SUSPECTED TO BE A FACTOR. ALL PFD REQUIREMENTS WERE MET.
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