ON SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2011, operator WAS OPERATING HIS DEA DOO WITH A FEMALE PASSENGER IN LAKE BORGNE NEAR SHELL BEACH, LA WHILE CRUISING THE VESSEL STRUCK AN UNIDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OBJECT CAUSING EXTENSIVE FIBERGLASS DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PWC NEAR THE IMPELLER INTAKE.  BOTH WERE WEARING PFDS AND THE OPERATOR HAD THE KILL SWITCH ATTACHED. THE FEMALE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED FROM THE PWC INTO THE WATER.  UPON EJECTION THE FEMALE PASSENGER ACQUIRED AN INJURY TO HER ANKLE.  THE OPERATOR WAS NOT EJECTED.  NEITHER ALCOHOL NOR DRUGS WERE A FACTOR.  THE ACCIDENT WAS A COLLISION WITH A FIXED OBJECT THAT WAS SUBMERGED.  IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT THE SUBMERGED OBJECT WAS THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.
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