Operator 1 and his 5 year old, Passenger 1 were in a small aluminum vessel paddling back to Barrot's Boat Dock after duck hunting.  Passenger 1 was wearing PFD. Operator 1 was not.  Passenger 1 stated that his father dropped a flashlight and leaned over to retrieve it.  As a result of leaning, the boat began to take on water and swamped causing both occupants to enter the water.  Witnesses, Witness 1 and Witness 2 launched a vessel on their own and went to swamped vessel. They state that when they arrive on scene, Passenger 1 was holding onto the side of that boat crying and Operator 1 was face down in the water near the rear of the boat.  They placed Passenger 1 in their boat.  At that point, Witness 2 reports that he grabbed Operator 1 and got his face out of the water and they began paddling the boat to shore dragging Operator 1 with them.  Witness 1 reports that his mother administered CPR to Operator 1 after they got him on dry ground. Operator 1 was transported to St Francis North Hospital via ambulance, where he was later pronounced dead.  Passenger 1 was transported in a personal car and sustained no injuries.
Sterlington                   