Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred in Vernon Parish on Jan. 28.
Agents recovered the body of Derek Green, 42, of Pineville, from Vernon Lake around 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 28.
Agents received information about a missing boater on Vernon Lake around 9:40 a.m. on Jan. 28. LDWF agents along with the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office, Leesville Fire Department and the Alexandria Fire Department immediately searched for Green.
Green was operating the trolling motor on his vessel when a wave hit the boat and knocked him into the water. According to the two juvenile passengers on the vessel, Green resurfaced a few times and then was not seen again.
LDWF agents will be the lead investigative agency for this fatal boating incident. Green’s body was turned over to the Vernon Parish Coroner’s Office to determine an official cause of death. He was recovered without a personal flotation device.