Boat Accident

Authorities are investigating a personal watercraft crash near Fort Myers Beach that left two men in need of rescue. WinkNews.com reports that the crash occurred on Friday night off Fort Myers Beach when the captain of Salty Sam’s Pirate Cruise noticed a personal watercraft collision followed by a man in need of assistance. The man had…

DANIA BEACH, FL – A man was injured in a personal watercraft accident in Broward County Thursday night, according to WSVN. The incident occurred near the 4400 block of Southwest 38th Terrace off Dania Beach.  Rescue crews arrived at the scene at about 7 p.m. and found that a man had been ejected from his watercraft…

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL – Dr. Leon Haley Jr., CEO of UF Health Jacksonville, died in a personal watercraft accident in Palm Beach County over the weekend, according to WPTV. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Dr. Haley lost control of a Yamaha PWC jet ski Saturday and crashed into a jetty in the…

BOCA RATON, FL – A boating accident in Boca Raton Sunday afternoon left one person injured, according to WPTV. Police said the driver of a boat on Lake Boca accidentally hit the throttle shortly after 3 p.m. and the vessel took off.  It hit two other boats on the lake that had passengers on board…

LAKE WORTH, FL – The Coast Guard said nine people were rescued after their boat started taking on water near Peanut Island in Palm Beach County on Sunday. In a news release, the Coast Guard said a Station Lake Worth Inlet watchstander was notified of the problem aboard the 20-foot vessel after receiving a 911 dispatch from the Palm…

JENSEN BEACH, FL – The Coast Guard came to the rescue Wednesday night after a boat sank off the coast of Jensen Beach. According to WPTV, a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami responded after a distress call from a VHF radio was received at about 10:30 p.m.  Two people and a dog…

KEY WEST, FL –  A man was arrested last week in connection with a fatal boating accident off Key West on Jan. 21, 2020, the Miami Herald reports. 71-year-old Johnny Louis “Jeep” Caillouet of Key West has been charged with boating under the influence manslaughter in the case. Investigators said Caillouet was operating an 11-foot Carolina…

KEY LARGO, FL – Officials are investigating a boating accident in Key Largo on Saturday morning that left the driver of the boat dead, according to WPLG. The victim was identified as 59-year-old Joseph Guenther of Key Largo. According to investigators, he lost control of a 21-foot powerboat while in Blackwater Sound at about 9:30 a.m.  The vessel ran…

MIAMI, FL – Authorities announced an arrest in the case of a man who was struck and killed by a boat while riding a personal watercraft over the weekend. This is an update to a previous story. According to NBC Miami, 50-year-old Jorge Rodriguez Del Rey of Miami was arrested on Tuesday. The Florida Fish and…

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – The body of a man who went missing after a personal watercraft accident in Northwest Miami-Dade was recovered over the weekend, according to WSVN. The victim was identified as Alexander Garcia. Officials said he was one of two people who fell off a personal watercraft in a lake in the area of Northwest 127th…

Florida authorities have announced the death of a teenager who was involved in a serious boating collision on Saturday, March 13. ChronicleOnline.com reports that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the teen’s death on Monday. The accident occurred as a boat was traveling north on Citrus County’s Tsala Apopka Lake chain. The boat was occupied by…

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lost one of its employees this week when she was involved in a boating accident in Palm Beach County. CBS12.com reports that the boat in which the employee was traveling collided with a concrete piling in a canal under the Congress Avenue ramp to Southern Boulevard.  Authorities have…

On Thanksgiving Day 2019 a serious boating accident off the coast of Palm Beach left one man severely injured. Now, Florida authorities are charging the vessel’s pilot with boating violations. PalmBeachPost.com reports that the accident occurred when 31-year-old Daniel W. Stanton II of Palm Beach was piloting a 36-foot Yellowfin southbound when he struck 24-year-old…

A South Florida woman was killed in a boat crash in the waters of Miami-Dade over the weekend. MiamiHerald.com reports that the victim was 28-year-old Claudia C. Contreras. Contreras died on Sunday night when she was riding in a boat that struck a mile marker in the Intracoastal in Miami-Dade. Apparently, at least three other people…

South Florida resident 18-year-old Lucas Alvarez was killed in a boating crash late last week, in what was a tragic end to a promising life. MiamiHerald.com reports that Alvarez, a senior at Palmetto Bay’s Westminster Christian School, was a passenger in a 23-foot Pathfinder open fisherman vessel when it hit a boat marker. The force…

Late last month a 25-year-old man lost his arm in a horrific boating accident, underscoring the oftentimes dangerous nature of boating in South Florida.   In late November Palm Beach resident Carter Viss was snorkeling off the coast of Palm Beach when he was struck on the arm by a 2008 36-foot Yellowfin boat. The Florida…

Miami-Dade County is home to the highest insurance premiums in the United States and for a good reason. This county is also home to the highest number of auto accident deaths per mile. Driving in Florida can be dangerous, which is backed up by several U.S. studies that show Florida has the highest rate of…