RedactedNarrative: On 5/11/14 it was reported that on 5/10/14 Operator1 was traveling downstream in his vessel (LA-7742-FF) in Blake Lake Bayou during adverse weather conditions when his vessel struck a submerged object causing said vessel to veer to the left and strike the trees along the nearby shoreline. As a result of the incident Operator1’s vessel sustained heavy damage to the portside and moderate damage to the starboard side. He required medical treatment for 3 broken ribs and a laceration to the forehead to which he received 3 stitches. 
  Based on all available information and evidence to date investigators have concluded in all likelihood the operator’s vision was obscured and negatively affected by the adverse weather conditions at the time of the incident. 
  Additionally the waters in which the voyage was occurring were affected by the substantial amount of heavy rainfall the area had received in the two-day period leading up to the incidents occurrence which cause water levels to significantly rise above normal, created abnormal currents conditions and floating debris increased substantially. 
  The vessel was found to be equipped with all the necessary required safety equipment including PFD’s. Alcohol has not been found to be a factor in this incidents occurrence.