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Recent deaths in Louisiana drive home importance of boating safety


A spate of recent deaths on Louisiana waters has drawn attention to the importance of boating safety.
Louisiana has recorded seven boating deaths so far this year. At this point in 2020, there were only two.
“We haven’t even gotten into the prime boating season in Louisiana yet and we are seeing fatalities climb at an alarming pace,” said Col. Chad Hebert, head of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department s Enforcement Division. “We are urging boaters to please adhere to all safe boating laws and practices.”
On Feb. 28, a person fell off of a personal watercraft without wearing a life jacket and drowned in Vermilion Parish, the agency said. Then on March 6, a boat with five people aboard struck a railroad bridge in Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans, that resulted in one death and four serious injuries. ....

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