On April 26, 2009 I, Sgt., was contacted by dispatch notifying me that there was a vessel crash in Iberia Parish.  Agent and I traveled to the address given to us.  When we arrived we made contact with a Iberia Parish Sheriff's Deputy and a witness to the crash.  The vessel, LA 1288FN, involved in the crash was in a yard smashed against a tree.  The operator of the LA 1288 FN was not at the scene.  She had been transported to Our Lady of Lourdes in Lafayette, LA.  The operator collided with a bulkhead as she made a wide turn in the canal.  She was thrown from the vessel at the intital point of contact.  The vessel continued traveling north on Bayou Teche, without an operator, made three circles crashing into the bulkhead each time.  After the third circle the vesses jumped a four foot high bulkhead, traveled approximately 30 feet over ground and hit a tree.  As a result of the crash operator sustained lacerations to her face and elbow.  She also shattered her pelvis and hip.  She was not wearing a PFD.  Agent and I traveled to the hospital where operator had been taken to.  At the hopsital we spoke with operator.  She stated she had been drinking prior to operating the vessel and colliding with the bulkhead.  We requested a blood sample from her.  She voluntarily submitted to the blood sample and signed a notice to withdraw blood for chemical test for intoxication.
New Iberia                    