ON AUGUST 24, 2009 AT APPROX. 6:20P.M., OPERATOR 1 WAS STANDING ON THE FRONT DECK OF VESSEL LA-2145-EY AS IT FREELY DRIFTED IN THE AMITE DIVERSION CANAL IN ACSCENSION PARISH. OPERATOR 1 WAS THROWING A 6 FOOT CAST NET ATTEMPTING TO CATCH BAIT FISH WHEN HE FELL OVERBOARD INTO THE WATER. OPERATOR 1 NEVER RESURFACED, NEVER ATTEMPTED TO RE-ENTER THE VESSEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY DROWNED.
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