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Tony
10-10-2006, 12:30 PM
Didn't I read about another boating accident, with fatalities, that happened near Key Biscayne recently? Something about a boat being towed, and then hit from behind by another?

Are there more fatal boating accidents lately, or are we just more aware of them because of mediums such as this one? Anybody have the numbers?


:boggled:

BUIZILLA
10-10-2006, 12:45 PM
welp, it wasn't pretty...

2 dead... 6 still hospitalized, 3 critical

3 rental boats from Nautico Boat Rental in question, vessel #2 (10 occupants) and #3 (2 occupants) were powerless and were being towed, without lights, after dark. Vessel #1 (9 occupants) had lights but were improperly displayed for having vessels in tow. A 35' Intrepid (10 occupants) ran over vessel #2, killing 2 instantly, one body recovered at the scene, one floated up yesterday, about 2 miles away from the crash scene. All went to FIU school, and my youngest daughter knows a few of them...

the BIG question remains, as to why the Intrepid was approaching so close behind to vessel #1 in the first place, when vessel #1 DID display it's running lights...