Another boating accident

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A man is missing after he and a friend fell overboard on a recreational vessel at the mouth of

Lake Borgne

Lake Borgne

at about 3:40 p.m. Saturday, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Wesley Schipley.

A second man was rescued, unconscious, and taken to the hospital, Schipley said. He said the two were the only ones on board when they were thrown from their 18-foot vessel, according to friends of theirs in a second recreational vessel nearby.
The friends saw the boat circling, as if no one was steering it, Schipley said. They rescued the first man, but where unable to find the second.
Schipley said he could not release the men's names until the Coast Guard notified family members.
Representatives from the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, as well as Coast Guard boats and helicopters, are out searching for the missing 53-year-old man, he said.