Multiple people hurt in boat accident in north Key Largo: Authorities
Multiple people were hurt in a boat accident in the Florida Keys on Saturday that prompted air rescues and dive teams to respond to the scene. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they received reports of the accident at 10:26 a.m., off the Card Sound Bridge near Pumpkin Key. The department said two of their helicopters had to rescue two people from the water and take them to a trauma center. Authorities described it as a “hoist operation with a stokes basket to rescue two patients for transport.” “Divers were deployed to the water to search for a third patient, which has been found,” fire rescue said. NBC6 is working to confirm more information on that third person, and what may have caused the accident. This accident on the water of the Florida Keys comes after a different incident that left a 28-year-old woman dead after she was ejected from a boat during a powerboat race near Key West. This is a developing story. Refresh for updates.
Multiple people were hurt in a boat accident in the Florida Keys on Saturday that prompted air rescues and dive teams to respond to the scene.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they received reports of the accident at 10:26 a.m., off the Card Sound Bridge near Pumpkin Key.
The department said two of their helicopters had to rescue two people from the water and take them to a trauma center. Authorities described it as a “hoist operation with a stokes basket to rescue two patients for transport.”
“Divers were deployed to the water to search for a third patient, which has been found,” fire rescue said.
NBC6 is working to confirm more information on that third person, and what may have caused the accident.
This accident on the water of the Florida Keys comes after a different incident that left a 28-year-old woman dead after she was ejected from a boat during a powerboat race near Key West.
This is a developing story. Refresh for updates.
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