Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents are investigating a fatal boating crash incident that occurred in Lafourche Parish this morning, July 24.
Richard Griffin Jr., 29, of Golden Meadow, was travelling north in Bayou Lafourche alone in his 16 foot vessel around 5:15 a.m. when he struck a piling. Griffin Jr. sustained severe head trauma from his collision with the piling.
Griffin Jr. was taken to Lady of the Sea Hospital in Galliano and then transported to University Hospital in New Orleans where he was pronounced dead.
LDWF will be the lead investigative agency for this boating crash incident.