Posted on May 26th, 2015
Miami-Dade County led the state of Florida in boating
accidents in 2014, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC).
In 2014, a number of high-profile boat accidents made news
in Miami-Dade. A Fourth of July weekend boating
accident killed four people and injured a dozen more.
Another incident involved a boat driven by radio mainstay DJ
Laz, according
to the Miami New Times. His Voli Vodka-sponsored boat got stuck on a
sandbar, and a man was killed when he got caught in the propeller while trying
to free it.
Yet another highly
publicized incident involved a 39-foot 2011 Sea Vee center console with quad
300-hp Mercury Verado outboards that crashed into the Sunset Grill on a foggy
evening on Feb. 23. After riding up the beach, the boat partially entered the
restaurant, narrowly missing several customers.
In 2014 there were 79 boating accidents in Miami-Dade, according
to the FWC. Ten people died and 47 people were injured. The number of
fatalities was up from 2013, when four people died, but the number of injuries
was down slightly from 50.