RedactedNarrative: On June 12, 2018, at approximately 5:00 p.m., I was contacted by Lt. of the Caddo Sheriff's Office about a boat incident that occurred on Caddo Lake.  I responded to Cricket's boat launch where the boat and occupants went immediately following the incident  
  
  Upon arrival I was informed that the operator and a passenger had been transported to University Health Center in Shreveport.  I observed damage to the vessel on the starboard side bow.  I photographed the damage, and then went to the hospital to interview the injured persons.  There was no evidence of alcohol in the vessel, and there were adequate PFD's for all persons on board.  
  
  Lt. went by boat to check for possible damage to a channel marker, but could not determine if any of them were hit.  At the hospital I spoke with the operator, Operator, and there were no signs of alcohol or drug use.  Operator stated that he had a broken arm.  
  
  He stated that he was returning to Cricket's boat launch from Turtle Island after an afternoon of swimming with his children and nephews.  He stated that they were traveling at a moderate speed, barely on plane.  He said they hit something, but was unsure of what they hit.  He said that his ten year old son drove the vessel back to the launch.  He said that all the juveniles were wearing PFD's but he was not.  I informed him that I would send him an operator incident report to fill out.  
  
  I then went to Occupant1's room and spoke with him in the presence of his mother.  Occupant1's recount to the incident was the same as Operator's except that he stated that Operator was standing up behind the wheel, and that he saw the channel marker directly before impact, and tried to warn Operator. I left him with a voluntary witness statement to fill out and send back to me.  
  
  On July 9, 2018, I contacted Operator because I had not received his operator incident report.  I then went to his residence to get the report, but he could not find it.  I assisted him in filling out the report due to his arm being broken.  During this process he stated that he was standing up behind the wheel of the boat to look over occupant1, who was sitting directly in front of the console.  He stated that he had turned to ask his daughter if she had a good time when he struck something.  
  
  He assumed it was a channel marker because just prior to the incident he was in the channel, and there was nothing else that he could have hit.  He also stated that he had four at fault accidents in the past year due to poor eyesight and not wanting to wear glasses.  He no longer has a driver's license as a result of those accidents.  The contributing factors of this accident were determined to be Operator Inattention, Restricted Vision, and Other/Poor Eyesight.
  