RedactedNarrative: On 1/16/21 at 23:46 hrs, the Caldwell Parish Sheriff's Office received a call concerning a boat incident on Lafourche Lake in Caldwell Parish.  An 18' XPRESS center console, aluminum boat (LA-3682 FT) struck a dock ejecting 3 passengers and the operator.  
  
  The 3 passengers were all 15 years of age.  Two of the juveniles were deceased and one was transported to the hospital with a leg injury.  
  
  The operator was taken to Caldwell Correctional Center where he submitted a proper breath sample on the intoxilyzer 9000 which resulted in a B.A.C. of .126g%.  Operator was charged with L.R.S. 14:98 Operating a Vessel While Intoxicated and 2 counts of L.R.S. 14:32.1 Vehicular Homicide  (Watercraft), 1st Degree Vehicular Negligent Injuring (Watercraft) and Fail To Have PFD On Person Under 17.  The operator, nor any of the passengers were wearing a PFD.  PFD's were present, but not used.  
  
  The kill switch on the vessel was not attached to the operator.  After speaking with the operator of the vessel Operator and taking a voluntary statement from juvenile who was the only surviving passenger, it was determined that they were on their way back to Operator's camp from fishing.  They were traveling southeast on Lafourche Lake.  
  
  Occupant1 stated that as they started back to the camp from checking yoyo's, Operator told him to turn off the spotlight that he had been using while they were fishing so he could operate the boat and see the navigation screen on the GPS.  Occupant1 stated that no one was wearing life jackets. Occupant1 stated that they were enroute back to Operator's camp for about 3-4 minutes before the collision with the dock and that they were moving very fast.  
  
  Occupant1 stated that he never saw the dock prior to impact due to the center console in the way of his vision.  There is a dock approximately 20'X20' connected to a pier that extends approximately 120 feet out into the lake south of the north bank.  
  
  Based on interviews, statements, and injuries, operator was operating a 2008 18' Xpress aluminum center console vessel and Occupant1 was seated to his right both sitting in rear deck seats.  Passenger 2 was seated on the left side of the front deck and passenger 3 was seated on the right side of the front deck both facing the center console with their feet on the main floor deck. 
  
   Due to the damage of the vessel and the dock, it appears that the vessel ran through the outer half of the dock striking the top rail that was made of iron pipe.  It then appeared that the vessel ran onto the dock, launched into the air and exited the other side landing on the top rail made of iron pipe and breaking it from the corner of the dock.  
  
  The operator and all passengers were ejected from the vessel into the water due to the impact.  Based on interviews and statements from a witness, the vessel was apparently going in circles after striking and exiting the dock.  The vessel was then retrieved by the operator with the assistance of a witness and another vessel. Contributing factors of the boat crash are believed to be alcohol use, operator inattention, and excessive speed.
  