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Police: Human Head on Key Biscayne Belongs to Teen Caught in Rip Current

Authorities confirmed over the weekend that the human head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne belonged to a teen who went missing off Miami Beach a week before after being caught in a rip current.  Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr., 19, was swimming with his sister off South Pointe Beach on…

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One Dead, Four Injured After Florida Keys Boat Crash Thursday, officials say

At least four people were injured and one other died after they were ejected from a boat that crashed into a Key West sandbar Thursday afternoon, authorities told reporters with The Miami Herald.  The crash happened around 4 p.m. when a 39-foot Deep Impact vessel carrying at least eight people…

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Police: “It didn’t look like there was any effort to stop,” in Florida Keys crash that killed two earlier this week

A 9-year-old boy and his father, 47, were identified as the two people killed when a personal watercraft crashed earlier this week into a Marathon, Florida, sea wall.  The two crashed on a 2018 Yamaha personal watercraft just before 7 p.m. in a Boot Key Harbor canal near 15th Street…

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Two dead following Florida Keys personal watercraft crash Tuesday, authorities say

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…

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News of yet another South Florida boat crash makes headlines and is a chilling reminder of the potential dangers on the water

At least one person has died following a Sunday morning crash with a 42-foot boat and a jet ski, officials say.  Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded to calls of a crash at around 8:30 a.m. near the Broad Causeway in Bay Harbor Islands, according to…

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A slew of injuries reported in the Florida Keys throughout the Fourth of July weekend sets a devastating reminder of the serious consequences of boating accidents

About eight people were injured and one person died in three separate incidents in the Florida Keys over the holiday weekend, according to local officials.  The latest of the three incidents happened around 2 a.m. Monday when a Contender boat crashed into the South Pine Channel Bridge, a bridge connecting…

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Over $1.2 million secured in back to back Key West settlements

In the Courtroom Partner Justin Shapiro represented a family visiting Key West from California that was involved in a jet ski incident and the firm represented the family of a Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy injured in a motor vehicle accident. Unparalleled Experience and Success Representing Victims of Jet Ski Incidents…

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