RedactedNarrative: On September 5, 2019 at approximately 5:44pm, Operator was operating vessel LA-8415-BD traveling downstream in the Amite River above planing speed with 2 other adult passengers on board. He was in a straight away in the river when (according to an onboard witness) he became distracted when he reached to retrieve a drink from an ice chest in the vessel for one of his passengers. As a result of this distraction the vessel crashed into a fallen tree along the rivers shoreline. This collision resulted in the death of the operator and his male passenger. The third passenger, (who was 5 1/2 months pregnant) sustained multiple sever injuries but did survive the incident and is undergoing extensive / extended medical treatment. Note: at last report her unborn fetus was not affected by the incident. PFD's were not worn prior to this collision's occurrence. It is determined by investigators that alcohol use, operator inattention and failure to maintain a proper lookout as the contributing factors in this incident's occurrence.