No criminal charges in fatal 2004 swamp tour

Posted: Sep 6, 2007 5:29 PM
Updated: Sep 6, 2007 12:00 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Federal prosecutors are no longer considering criminal charges against the operators of an airboat that overturned in 2004, killing two of the 16 passengers and injuring 10 others and the captain.

Lt. Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau, spokeswoman for the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Office in New Orleans, said today the Coast Guard is still considering administrative charges in the Louisiana Swamp Tours accident.

 

The Swamp King, one of four 16-passenger airboats owned by Louisiana Swamp Tours, flipped in about three feet of water. The boats have stadium-style seating, so people in the rear can see as easily as those in front.

 

 

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