V1 WAS HEADING WEST IN THE LOWER DITCH OF BAYOU METO, NEGOTIATING A STARBOARD TURN, WHEN THE THROTTLE STUCK. V1 OPERATOR STATES THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN, AND THAT THE VESSEL SLID TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A TREE.  V1 SUSTAINED CRUSHING DAMAGE TO THE BOW. DURING THE COLLISION, OCCUPANT 2 STRUCK THE LIGHT BAR AT THE BOW OF THE BOAT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. 

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH THE THROTTLE STICKING.

OCCUPANT 2 DECLINED TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE, AND WAS INSTEAD TRANSPORTED BY HIS HUNTING PARTY, WHERE HE RECEIVED 6 STAPLES.
BAYOU METO
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