Sheriff: Boaters Fled Scene After Striking Children on River

This screenshot shows False River, three children riding tubes were struck and injured by a pontoon boat in Louisana on Aug. 8 2021. Google Map/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

NEW ROADS, La.—A Louisiana sheriff is investigating after three children riding on tubes on a river were struck and injured by a pontoon boat.

The occupants on the boat all fled the scene after the Aug. 8 crash, Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux told WBRZ-TV.