The body found in Lake Pontchartrain has been identified as Philippe G. Lannelongue, a 58-year-old Kenner man who went overboard after a sailboat crashed into the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway early Sunday morning, the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office said Friday.

Lannelongue's body was pulled from the lake in Tangipahoa Parish waters on Wednesday, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has said.

The Coroner's Office said in a news release Friday that the cause of death is drowning.

St. Tammany Coroner Christopher Tape has ruled that the death was accidental, the Coroner's Office said.

The discovery of the man's body Wednesday came on Day 4 of the search for the missing boater.

Authorities have said a woman called 911 around 3 a.m. Sunday to report that the boat she was on ha

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