Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents are investigating a fatal boat crash on the Tickfaw River.
The crash claimed the life of a 27-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man.
Agents were notified around 12:17 a.m. on July 28 about a two-vessel collision in the Tickfaw River near Kings Point. LDWF agents immediately arrived on the scene and found a heavily damaged 25-foot pontoon boat and a capsized 25-foot Sea Fox boat. A 27-year-old female who was a passenger on the Sea Fox was trapped under the capsized vessel. An agent and a Good Samaritan jumped in the water and were able to recover the female. The agent and the Good Samaritan then performed CPR in an attempt to revive her until Acadian Ambulance arrived on the scene. Acadian Ambulance transported the female to the North Oaks Hospital where she was pronounced deceased. LDWF agents along with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Springfield Fire Department then began searching for a 36 YO male that was the operator of the pontoon boat. The body of the male was recovered from the Tickfaw River around 12:45 p.m.
Three people on the Sea Fox boat and three people on the pontoon boat were taken to the North Oaks Hospital with serious injuries.
LDWF said at this time, it is unknown what led the two vessels to collide.
The Sea Fox had six people on board and the pontoon boat had seven people on board. The report said no one was wearing a personal flotation device at the time of the collision.
