Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents are currently investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred on July 28 in Livingston Parish.

LDWF 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.

Agents learned that a 31-year-old female that 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 year old 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. on July 28.

Three people on the Sea Fox and three people on the pontoon were taken to the North Oaks Hospital with serious injuries. The injuries are believed to be non-life threatening.

The LDWF Enforcement Division will be the leading investigative agency for this fatal boating incident. The bodies of the two deceased boaters were turned over to the Livingston Parish Coroner’s Office to determine an official cause of death.

It is unknown at this time the cause of this two vessel collision. Blood was drawn from the operator of the Sea Fox. The Sea Fox had six people on board and the pontoon boat had seven people on board. No one was wearing a personal flotation device at the time of the collision.

The identity of the deceased boaters cannot be released at this time and will be released once the LDWF Enforcement Division confirms all next of kin have been notified.