Sunday, May 31, 2015

1 DEAD, 2 INJURED AFTER BOAT CRASHES INTO CONCRETE PIER IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA





MAY 30, 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN)

A boat ran into a concrete pier in Fort Lauderdale Saturday night, killing one person and sending two others to the hospital, officials said.

According to investigators, two boats were traveling southbound on the Intracoastal Waterway when one of them struck the pier, which is attached to a house in the area of 38th Street and 32nd Avenue near Oakland Park Boulevard, around 8 p.m.

Authorities said 10 people were traveling on the two boats. "Upon arrival of our crews, we found that there were four individuals on this boat when it did strike the seawall. Of the four individuals one was ejected from the boat," said Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Stuart Ahearn.

"Bystanders were able to remove this individual from the water, and they did start CPR. Upon our arrival, we then went up, we evaluated the individual, and unfortunately that individual did expire on scene."

Paramedics transported the injured victims to Broward General Hospital in stable condition. The fourth boater inside the vessel that crashed was not injured.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Summer in Florida, boating at night, speeding, crashing at the concrete pier:  all that point to another drunk night boat crash that resulted in tragedy.