First responders from Livingston Parish Fire Protection District No. 5 rescued 15 people from the Amite River Saturday, the third incident in as many weeks involving stranded customers of a popular water sports company.
Crews from responded to reports of stranded Tiki Tubing customers about 3 p.m., shortly before heavy rains began pounding the Baton Rouge area. It is not known if any of the tubers suffered injuries.
Saturday’s rescues marked the third week in a row in which first responders have pulled tubers from the Amite’s waters. A Tiki Tubing customer from Deville drowned last weekend after being caught under the water. The week before that, 15 more had to be pulled from the river after getting stranded. Earlier in the summer, the father of an LSU baseball pitcher drowned while tubing as he tried to retrieve something from the water.
