RedactedNarrative: On 5/29/2022 at approximately 1:00p.m., operator was operating a vessel in Bayou Magazille, located in Lower St. Martin Parish. Operator was operating a 22ft, aluminum vessel with remote steering. Operator had himself and 3 passengers onboard the vessel. Operator was traveling East in Bayou Magazille, when he encountered multiple other vessels underway in the bayou. 
  
  According to Operator and his passengers, one of the other vessels, a large fiberglass center console with 3 outboard engines was traveling West in Bayou Magazille. The large vessel was explained to be "plowing” causing a larger than normal wake to be created by the vessel. 
  
  According to Operator, he pulled back on the throttle of his vessel when he observed the large wake, but maintained enough speed as to not “nose dive” into the large wake. Operator stated that when his vessel struck the large wake, it caused one of his passenger’s to be lifted up where she was sitting and fall back down.  
  
  When his passenger fell back down, she received a lower back injury. His passenger was transported to a nearby camp where she was then transported to Thibodaux Regional Hospital where it was discovered she had a fracture to her L1 vertebrae. 
  
  At the time of the incident, Operator had two female passengers seated on the front deck portion of the vessel with their feet planted on the floor and facing the center of the vessel. The injured passenger was seated on the port side of the vessel. At the time of the incident, none of the occupants were wearing lifejackets (PFDs) and agents do not suspect drugs or alcohol to be contributing factors in the incident.
  