Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents are investigating a boating fatality that occurred on Saturday in Tangipahoa Parish.
Agents were notified about a boating fatality around 4:30 p.m. on Lake Pontchartrain.
The body of 21 YO Hunter Prevost of Loranger was recovered around 7 p.m.
According to the other passengers on the vessel, Prevost fell off the front of a 25 foot boat and got hit by the propeller.
During the investigation, agents detected that the operator of the vessel, 22 YO Lane Keenan of Folsom was impaired and arrested him for operating or driving a vessel while impaired (DWI), vehicular homicide and reckless operation of a vessel.
LDWF will be the lead investigative agency for this fatal boating incident.
Prevost’s body was turned over to the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s Office.
