La.’s boating deaths decreased last year

Louisiana’s boating deaths decreased last year by about 21 percent, following a nationwide trend of fewer accidents and fatalities on American waterways, according to a new report by the U.S. Coast Guard.The state had a total of 19 boating fatalities in 2017, falling from 24 in 2016, according to the report. The total number of boating crashes in Louisiana also decreased, dropping from 112 in 2016 to106 in 2017.Nationally, boating fatalities fell by 6.1 percent last year, decreasing from

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