On June 29, 2013 at approx. 3:50 pm, two juvenile female subjects were riding on a tube behind a 23’ fiberglass Hydrasport (LA5234FV), with four persons on board northbound in the Tchefuncte River in the vicinity of the lowbridge canal, when the vessel made a 180 degree turn. Both tube riders leaned to the outside of the turn, causing the tube to flip and both subjects to be thrown off of the tube and into the water. As both subjects were thrown from the tube, one of the subjects riding the tube  hit her face on the back of the other subjects head, causing tuber1 to suffer facial injuries (broken nose) and a concussion. Both subjects were then taken out of the water. The injured subject (tuber1) was then taken to shore and later transported by EMS to the hospital. There was no indication of alcohol use by the operator of the vessel and alcohol is not suspected to be a factor in this incident.
Madisonville