ON ABOVE DATE AND TIME, VESSEL #1 WAS WESTBOUND IN BAYOU ST JOHN RETURNING FROM FLORIDA. THE VESSEL OPERATOR WAS USING A CELL PHONE NAUTICAL APP TO DRIVE BY, AND WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL. THE VESSEL STRUCK THE EASTERN JETTY AND BECAME AIRBORNE AND LANDED IN THE ONTO CANAL. THE VESSEL SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE KEEL AND LOWER UNIT AND WAS TAKING ON WATER. ONCE ON SCENE, BOTH PASSENGERS WERE BROUGHT ON AMP VESSEL FOR MEDICAL ASSESSMENT. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED A SMALL CUT ON HER LEFT EAR. THE OPERATOR WAS UNINJURED. THE VESSEL WAS TOWED BY AMP TO BOGGY POINT BOAT RAMP AND PLACED ON A TRAILER AND ACCIDENT REPORT PAPERWORK WAS INITIATED.
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