RedactedNarrative: On 8/23/14 as the results of investigation it was determined by agents that Operator was operating vessel LA-7385-BK on Amite River Diversion Canal in Ascension Parish with one female passenger on board when he apparently lost control and struck a wooden bulkhead and pier on the nearby shoreline causing heavy damage to his vessel and injury to himself and rendering him unconscious. Said collision caused catastrophic damage to the pier. 
  The vessel was found to be equipped with all the necessary/required safety equipment including PFD’s. PFD’s were not used in this incident. 
  Alcohol use was detected at the original scene of the accident and Operator voluntarily submitted to a blood test to determine his blood alcohol content at the time of the collision. Results of this test are currently pending at the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab. While investigators have determined that Operator’s actions were of a careless nature which led to the incidents occurrence, a determination on what charges will be forthcoming will be determined up reception of blood test. The blood test  to determine his blood alcohol content came back negative.