7 adults, 2 children still hospitalized after Fort Lauderdale boat explosion
Seven adults and two children remain hospitalized after a Fort Lauderdale boat explosion that injured 11 people, according to FWC.
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Seven adults and two children remain hospitalized after a Fort Lauderdale boat explosion that injured 11 people, according to FWC.
Video shows a boat exploding near a Fort Lauderdale sandbar, injuring 11 people, including two children.
Antonio Rivera says a gas leak during refueling likely caused the Fort Lauderdale boat explosion that injured him, his family, and others on Memorial Day.
The FWC said it is revising its body camera policy after defending officers' actions in the fatal boat crash involving real estate mogul George Pino.
CBS News Miami's Steve Maugeri spoke with a woman who escaped the sinking boat.
Jose Castro, 41, died in a tragic ferry boat accident a week ago.
The U.S. Coast Guard reported no injuries.
"Lucy's Law" stems from the death of 17-year-old Luciana Fernandez, who was killed in a boating accident in South Florida nearly three years ago.
The incident occurred around 8 p.m. in the Eastern Shores community, near NE 17th Street and 35th Avenue.
Crews had rescued some of the passengers after a good Samaritan reported the vessel about 29 miles off the coast of St. Lucie Inlet.
Both proposals are named after Lucy Fernandez, a 17-year-old killed in 2022 when a 29-foot boat she and 13 others were on hit a channel marker near Boca Chita Key.
The call originally came in for a possible shark bite but quickly changed after that man's friends said no, he was hit by a boat.
The Volusia County Sheriff's Marine Unit and County Fire Rescue teams conducted a joint operation to rescue the man.
The FWC's first report stated that alcohol did appear to be a factor in the crash but no arrests were made at the time.
The boating accident happened in Buttonwood Sound, just north of Key Largo.
The boating accident happened in Buttonwood Sound, just north of Key Largo.
The fire was ignited when an engine start,ed DFC says.
One body has been recovered and others were hospitalized.
At least 16 people were hospitalized after two airboats collided near Tamiami Trail in the Everglades on Dec. 15.
The extent of their injuries was not immediately released.
He was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale as a Level 1 trauma patient.
A yacht operator is facing two counts of homicide for reckless operation of a vessel following a fatal boating accident on Biscayne Bay.
George Pino appeared in court for a hearing on Thursday morning, where he surrendered himself to the authorities.
Eytan Genoune, 21, was the man who died in Saturday's boating accident in Card Sound.
During a Wednesday hearing, George Pino, a prominent real estate broker, was ordered to surrender on or before Nov. 21.
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