ON MAY 10, 2009 AT APPROX 1600 A SINGLE BOAT INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FAIRVIEW STATE PARK. operator OPERATED A 21' TRITON SF-21 FISH & SKI (IN-1063-BM) DOWN RIVER TOWING A CONNELLY TRIPLE RIDER TOWABLE TUBE OCCUPIED BY two people. OPERATOR STATED THAT THE TUBE HIT THE WAKE OF THE A PASSING BOAT & CAUSED BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE TUBE TO BE EJECTED INTO THE WATER. One tuber SUSTAINED NO INJURIES, other tuber WAS RECOVERED FROM THE WATER UNCONSCIOUS & WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL & THEN TRANSFERRED TO TULANE MEDICAL CENTER IN NEW ORLEANS, WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR SKULL FRACTURES. SHE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TWO MORE CHILDREN uninjured tuber WERE ON BORD THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ALL PFD LAWS WERE COMPLIED WITH  tubers WERE WEARING PROPERLY SIZED PFD'S. ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE IS NOT SUSPECTED IN THIS INCIDENT.
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