Man charged in Key Largo boat crash that killed North Carolina woman
The FWC announced that they had arrested Guy Erdman of Oakland Park and charged him in connection with the death of Sydney Cole of North Carolina.
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The FWC announced that they had arrested Guy Erdman of Oakland Park and charged him in connection with the death of Sydney Cole of North Carolina.
The charges against Reinaldo Aquit, 48, stem from a November 7 incident.
The 39-foot Deep Impact had eight onboard.
A survivor of the explosion, alongside a team of doctors with the Miami Burn Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, spoke publicly for the first time on Wednesday to provide updates on the four burn victims, consisting of two adults and two children.
Ella Adler, 15, was wakeboarding near the Nixon Beach Sandbar on May 11, 2024, when she fell into the water and was fatally struck.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue confirmed to CBS News Miami that the boat fire was reported near Port Everglades just before 10 a.m.
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.
