On 6/10/1998 , the vessel SAUTE MOUTONS 6 (Official Number 815419) was involved in a person seriously injured or killed - in contact with any part of the ship or its contents in LOWER NIAGARA RIVER, ONTARIO,.

The vessel, with 0 persons on board, experienced the incident while engaged in regular operations. Fortunately, the ship was able to continue its voyage. No injuries or fatalities were reported, and there was pollution.

This incident was officially recorded by Transport Canada on 7/17/1998 . Weather at the time was reported as clear.

The passenger jet boat Saute Moutons 6 left the port of Niagara-on-the-Lake for a routine whitewater excursion on the Niagara River. The excursion was without incident until the final run from the Niagara Gorge whirlpool at Devil's Hole. While negotiating the series of rapids, three passengers were injured. The Saute Moutons 6 then diverted to Queenston wharf and two of the injured passengers were evacuated on stretchers and transported to the local hospital by ambulance. It was later determined that the injuries sustained by the three passengers were similar in nature, each being associated with the vertebrae and back of the victims.