Monday, April 13, 2009

5 dead in Boating Accident in Florida



2). Five people died from a boat crashing into a twenty- five foot tugboat, a barge at a dock, and boat launch under construction on the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Valley. There was twelve people aboard the boat at the time. The other seven were hospitalized with serious injuries. A rescuer named Jeremy Robshaw said that they couldn't initially reach the end of the unfinished dock, but laid plywood sheets on the structure to get to crash victims. Robshaw was a part of a fire and rescue team in St. Johns County. He also said that the crash happened at about 7 p.m. and about twenty miles southeast of downtown Jacksonville, Florida.

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