The U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday that it was suspending its 8,462-square-mile search for a missing 70-year-old man following news of his boat being found abandoned, according to reporting from local news outlets. Bert Erwin was on a 150-mile trip up Florida’s coast from Marco Island to Indian Rocks Beach…
An 18-year-old died when she was hit by a propeller trying to board a New Jersey boat over the weekend officials say. The teen was on a raft being pulled by the boat and, when she tried to get on the boat, was hit by the propeller. Additional details were…
Two families have filed lawsuits in a March St. Petersburg boat crash that resulted in a wrongful death case of a 15-year-old boy, according to reporting from local news outlets. The crash happened near Bayshore Blvd in Shore Acres in St. Petersburg after a family get-together in which at least…
An adult and child have died following a crash on a personal watercraft in Marathon, Florida, according to local news outlets reporting. Emergency responders were called to the area near 15th Street Ocean around 6:45 p.m. after the personal watercraft crashed into a sea wall. Police shared a photo of…
The regular lobster season has officially begun in Florida, marking the long-awaited return of this popular recreational fishing activity. Below are several important safety tips and rules you should know before you head out on the water. Legal lobsters weigh about 1 pound and have a carapace shell of at…
When June Smith lost her 13-year-old daughter, Harlie Smith, in a boat crash off of Cudjoe Key in 2017, she said she didn’t realize how unprepared they would be in an emergency, according to reporting from WSVN Miami. “We’ve spent many years down in the Keys and that day, when…
A 6-year-old boy was hit and killed by a boat propeller after he went overboard into a Missouri Lake, according to reporting from The Miami Herald Monday. The boy was reportedly knee-boarding on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks, a man-made lake, around 11 a.m. when he fell in the…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent out a public notice urging boaters to keep an eye out for divers-down flags in a month known statistically for a high rate of accidents on the water. In their advisory, FWC encouraged boaters to avoid distraction and watch out for divers-down…
A diver was hit by a boat Wednesday morning in the Florida Keys following an advisory by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission earlier this week urging boaters to watch out for divers-down flags. The man was struck around 8 a.m. off of Big Coppitt Key in the Lower…
A woman died Sunday after she went overboard and was hit by a boat propeller on the Ocklawaha River, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The woman was on a Pontoon boat with at least eight other people around 1:30 p.m. when she went overboard and was…