On 11/5/09 at approximately 1500 hrs, I was notified of a boat incident that had occurred earlier that morning in the intercoastal waterway just east of the Bayou Boeuf locks. , Operator 1, had already returned home to Shreveport, LA. I then contacted Operator 1 by phone and he advised that he had just passed through the locks when he hit a submerged object. He advised that with the other boats that had previously passed and the waters being rough from the reflecting waves he did not see the  object floating in order to navigate around it.  When he impacted the object it caused his passenger, Passenger 1, and himself to be ejected from the vessel from the portside. The impact caused his lower unit and his exhaust housing to be sheered off. Operator 1 also advised that he did not have any damage to his vessel. Both subjects were wearing PFD's and the operator was wearing his kill switch at the time of the incident. Alcohol or drugs are not a factor in this incident. The passenger, Passenger 1, suffered from minor bruising and a small laceration that did not require medical treatment.
Morgan City                   