RedactedNarrative: On March 8, 2020 at approximately 6:40 p.m. Operator, Occupant1, Occupant2 and Occupant3 were involved in a boating incident in the Avery Canal in Iberia Parish.  
  
  All three of the passengers inside the vessel stated Operator was the operator at the time of the incident.  The passengers stated they were idling South down the Avery Canal just prior to the incident.  T
  
  hey stated that as Operator increased the speed of LA2284EF, in an attempt to get the boat onto step, the boat leaned to the left causing it to take on water and eject occupant3, Occupant2 and Operator into the water.  
  
  Occupant1 was able to stay inside the boat during the incident.  Occupant2 and Occupant3 were able to swim to the East embankment of the Avery Canal.  Operator did surface but was unable to swim to the embankment and subsequently drowned.  Body was recovered at 8:39pm.  No one onboard the vessel was wearing a PFD at the time of the incident.  Operator was not wearing the kill lanyard at the time of the incident.  Alcohol use is suspected with the operator.
  
  It is believed that the boat was not loaded properly as the four occupants idled down the Avery Canal.  The boat had too much weight on the Port side of the vessel as it made it onto step.  Improper loading and Operator's lack of experience operating LA2884FE contributed to the occurrence of the incident on March 8, 2020.
  