OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 WAS CRUSING / MANEUVERING A 25' PARTY BARGE WITH (11) ELEVEN PASSENGERS ONBOARD HIS VESSEL. THEY WERE TRAVELING FROM BLIND RIVER ALONG LITTLE CHENE BLANC BAYOU IN LIVINGSTON PARISH ENROUTE TO CHINQUAPIN CANAL. WHILE MANEUVERING THE VESSEL THROUGH A SHARP CURVE IN LITTLE CHENE BLANC BAYOU THE LOWER UNIT OF THE VESSEL'S MOTOR STRUCK A SUBMERGED STUMP DAMAGING THE LOWER UNIT RENDERING THE VESSEL INOPERABLE. NO INCIDENT RELATED INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ALCOHOL IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT. NO CITABLE VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND.
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