While traveling in Company Canal and crossing the Intracoastal  Waterway in Terrebonne Parish, the subjects vessel hit a sand bar in a shallow area close to the bank.  Two of the passengers were thrown into the boat and struck the inside deck in their vessel.  One subject had minor injuries to his neck and right arm.  the second subject had minor injuries to her back. Both subjects were treated at Chabert Medical Center in Terrebonne Parish and released.  All three subjects were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident and the operator was wearing the kill lanyard.  This vessel has a tiller driven motor attached to the transom.  alcohol was not a factor in this incident.  Operator inexperience and traveling too close to the canal bank caused this vessel to become grounded.
Bourg                         