RedactedNarrative: On 7/31/16, Sgt. received a phone call from Lt. concerning a vessel accident that occurred.  I contacted the Port Fourchon harbor Police Department at 1:40 AM, was informed that a 911 call was received and they were informed about a vessel that struck a piling at 1:14AM.  
  
  The vessel docked  at the Baker Hughes fuel dock in Port Fourchon, LA. Lt. and I arrived on scene at 2:14 AM and began speaking to the individuals.  
  
  Vessel # LA1616FP left the Sand Dollar Marina with 10 additional passengers.  At/or around 1"AM they traveled west toward Caminada Pass.  
  
  As Operator was exiting the pass and entering the Gulf of Mexico, his vessel struck an unlit/unmarked piling on the starboard bow of the vessel, which caused the bow of the vessel to bounce off the piling.  
  
  One of the passengers was leaning over the starboard side of the vessel near the center console when the vessel hit the piling.  When the bow of the vessel bounced off of the piling, the piling hit Victim in the head, throwing him from the center of the vessel to the stern of the vessel.  The driver, Operator, a registered nurse, immediately started administering CPR on Victim.  The passengers radioed in for help on the VHF and called 911 at the time of the accident.  Two additional individuals, who were not passengers in the vessel, arrived on the scene of the accident in order to assist.  
  
  One of the individuals assisted with CPR and the other individual drove the vessel into the Baker Hughes Marina In Port Fourchon.  Victim was pronounced deceased by Dr. from Our Lady of the Sea.  
  
  The vessel was a 28 foot, center console, hydraulic steering vessel that contained, 6 type !, 13 type 3, and 2 type 4 pfd's, none of which were worn during the time of the accident.  Operator agreed to provide a sample on the intoxilizer 5000 breathalyzer and provided a proper sample of .066 gram %.  Operator was cited for 14:99, Reckless operation of a watercraft and 34:851.20F, Expired boat registration.
  