The Broward Sheriff’s Office reports that a Boca Raton man suffered minor head injuries following a boating crash. The man’s rented boat hit a concrete bridge post, but the man is apparently doing fine despite a scratch on his head. Deerfield Beach Fire-Rescue responded to the boat accident and treated…
A few weeks ago, a sail boating accident on Merritt Island in Florida forced the closure of a bridge in the morning and led to a power outage impacting nearly 1,100 customers. The sailboat crash occurred just before 11am when a catamaran with a 50-foot mast attempted to sail down…
Last Monday around 11:15am, a 55-year-old man was injured in a boating accident after he was trapped between a bounding boat and a large piling near the Sunshine Skyway. He is a faculty member at the University of South Florida, but it was unclear whether he was working for USF…
According to the Cyber Diver News Network, both the United States Coast Guard and Florida media misreported the number of fatal diving accident victims during this year’s lobster mini-season. This year, a total of five divers were killed during the two-day annual hunting event. Among the fatalities were Scott Schichtel,…
A boating accident in Florida’s Walton County threw three people overboard, killing one. The 16-foot boat was heading East to West on the bay when it capsized. A 12-year-old girl, her 71-year-old grandfather, and his 74-year-old friend were thrown into the water. All but the 71-year-old got to safety. The…
A boating accident on Lake George, south of Putnam County claimed the lives of two children on Sunday. According to Florida Wish and Wildlife Conversion Commission officials, a 4-year-old boy from Umatilla and a 14-year-old girl from Eustis drowned when their boat got caught in a bad storm. All of…
On Saturday afternoon, six members of the same family were seriously injured when their 33-foot cabin cruiser exploded and burned to the waterline off the southwest corner of Pine Key Island (as known as Beer Can Island) in Florida. An explosion rocked the boat, and it caught fire. According to…
Boating is a popular activity in the sunny state of Florida for both vacationers and locals. Yachts, motorboats, sailboats, rowboats, personal watercraft, and other vessels can be found throughout the state’s numerous waterways and other bodies of water. Unfortunately, boating accidents do happen, resulting in injuries and deaths to operators,…