RedactedNarrative: On October 8th 2022, at approximately 8:39pm Operator and two others while under way in the vessel a 18ft Bay Hawk, struck a rock jetty (N29*22.350, 89*36.026) which was approximately six inches to one foot out of the water in the Empire Channel, Empire, Louisiana. 
  
  The Impact ejected all three occupants, killing the operator. The two other occupants were severely wounded and medevacked to University Hospital New Orleans by U.S Coast Guard. The impact of the collision punched a large hole in center keel of the vessel along with indenting several locations throughout the hull of the vessel. The Impact dislodged the center console, and sheered the propeller completely off the lower unit. The Impact effectively fixated the vessel onto the rock jetty. Sea-Tow was contacted and came out the morning of October 9th 2022, recovered and trailered the vessel at Delta Marina, Empire, Louisiana. Two PFDs were recovered from the vessel. No Type IV PFD was located. Alcohol is not a contributing factor at this stage of the investigation. Due to severity of injured persons detailed accounts are limited until further stabilization of surviving occupants.
  