oN 6-3-2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 4 PM IN JEFFERSON PARISH THE OPERATOR OF A VESSEL ONE WAS TOWING TWO SUBJECTS ON AN INNERTUBE BEHIND HIS VESSEL AND WAS DOING CIRCLES IN THE BARATARIA WATERWAY.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL TWO, AN AIRBOAT, WAS IDLING ABOUT TO DOCK AT AIRBOAT ADVENTURES AFTER COMPLETEING A SWAMP TOUR.  VESSEL ONE OPERATED TOo CLOSE TO VESSEL TWO AND THE TWO SUBJECTS ON THE INNERTUBE WERE PROPELLED INTO THE STERN OF VESSEL TWO.  B

OTH OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE INNERTUBE WERE WEARING THEIR PFD'S AND ONE OF THEM SUFFERED A CUT FROM THE COLLISION.  AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE SWAMP TOUR JUMPED INTO THE WATER FROM THE DOCK TO ASSIST THE JUVENILE UNTIL EMS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE.  THE INJURED JUVENILE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER TO BE TREATED FOR HER INJURIES, WHICH CONSISTED OF A PUNCTURED LEG WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.  AGENTS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT DID NO SUSPECT ALCOHOL OR DRUGS USE BY EITHER OF OPERATOR, BUT BOTH DRIVERS SUBMITTED TO CHEMICAL TEST, WHICH ARE PENDING ANALYSIS.  THE FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL ONE TO BE ISSUED A CITATION OFR RS 34:851.4 CARELESS OPERATION OF A WATERCRAFT.
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