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At least three people were taken to the hospital after a two-boat crash over the weekend in Biscayne Bay off of Bay Habor Islands in Miami, according to local media.

The crash happened around 1 a.m. Saturday, July 25, near West Broadview Drive and 103rd street, Local 10 News reported. One boat was allegedly carrying three people, all of whom were injured. As of Monday, July 27, no additional information about how many people were in the other boat or whether they were injured was immediately available.

By 9 a.m. Saturday, one of the boats remained at the scene and was partially submerged. The other boat involved in the crash was towed away from Haulover Marina. In footage from Local 10 News, the damage appeared to be contained to the vessel’s hull while witnesses reported the damage was extensive and that the boat appeared to be “in pieces.”

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One person died and a dozen others were injured after a total of two boat crashes in the last two weeks in Florida, emphasizing the need for safe boating in the state.

The first incident occurred over the July Fourth weekend on Sunday, July 5, in Manatee County. The 24-foot vessel was carrying seven people while leaving Flounder Pass and entering Terra Ceia Bay, crashing into mangroves in the area. At least two people were injured and taken to the hospital where one of them — 40-year-old Felicia Taylor — died, according to reporting from local media.

Additional information, including what caused the crash and the condition of the second injured person, was not immediately available.

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A jet ski collision near the Miami Marine Stadium on Thursday, June 25, resulted in at least two hospitalizations, officials said.

The personal watercraft (PWC) incident occurred off the Rickenbacker Causeway, according to CBS News reporting. There were allegedly two men on each of the PWC’s, which were traveling in the waters north of the Rickenbacker Causeway when they crashed.

At least two men, described by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials as being in their 40s, were taken to the Ryder Trauma Center. The men were said to be in “serious but stable” condition and were taken to the hospital as a precaution, CBS News reported.

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Authorities have identified a person who disappeared while on a charter boat trip over the weekend in Miami, according to reporting from local media.

The man, identified Tuesday as 23-year-old Akin Liverpool, was reportedly on a 39-foot charter boat on Friday for a planned trip from Hobie Beach to the Miami River through Biscayne Bay. During the trip, another passenger noticed that Liverpool was missing from the boat.

Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told reporters that the captain notified authorities of Liverpool’s disappearance. On Sunday, around 11 a.m. passing boaters found a body, later identified by police as Liverpool, in the water south of Brickell Key, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.

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At least 11 people were transported to the hospital after a boat appeared to have exploded over the weekend at Haulover Sandbar, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.

The incident occurred on Saturday, May 9, around 12:50 p.m. near Bal Harbour and involved a 40-foot cabin cruiser named “Nauti Nabors,” the newspaper said. The vessel is allegedly from Sherman, Texas.

In videos that surfaced online showing the aftermath, people could be seen jumping from one vessel to another in a supposed effort to reach land. Another video showed the injured being carried away on stretchers with bandages on their legs while other videos blurred out injuries.

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Police say they have found the boat they believe was involved in a hit-and-run boat crash on Biscayne Bay that killed a father and injured his son last week in Miami, according to local media.

Police did not name the owner of the boat or say who was operating the vessel the night of the deadly crash.

The incident happened on the night of Wednesday, March 25, while the father and son were on a 7-foot dinghy in the Meloy Channel near Indian Creek and Biscayne Point in Biscayne Bay. The two were hit by another vessel, which police later identified as a 20-30-foot boat that is dark blue with black bottom paint.

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A father has died and his son remained injured after the two were hit by a boat Wednesday night in Biscayne Bay, according to local media.

The two, who have not been identified as of Thursday afternoon, were on a seven-foot-dinghy when they were struck by another vessel and ejected upon impact, officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told The Miami Herald. The other vessel is described as dark blue and is about 20 to 30 feet long with two outboard motors.

Emergency responders took both to the hospital where the father tragically died. No additional details on the son’s condition have been released as of Thursday afternoon.

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At least two people were rescued Monday, Nov. 3, after their boat caught fire off Hollywood Beach, according to reporters from The Miami Herald.

The 35-foot boat caught fire about four miles from the shore and at least two people were rescued by another boater, fire officials told the newspaper. They were both transferred to U.S. Coast Guard crews.

No injuries were reported in this incident and, as of Tuesday morning, no preliminary cause was released.

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Leesfield & Partners recently filed a lawsuit following the gruesome and permanent injury of 11-year-old Catherine Viteri, a camper at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club’s summer camp.

The case is being handled by Partner Justin B. Shapiro and Trial Attorney Eric Shane.

On July 10, 2025, Catherine and children were separated into two groups for swimming and sailing activities that were monitored by three camp counselors. At around 2 p.m., Catherine was taking part in the swimming activity when a 21-year-old counselor was transporting a group of campers to the area, unaware of how many children were on board or already in the water. As a result of the inattentiveness of these counselors, Catherine was run over by the 13-foot Ribocraft motorboat and hit with the propeller. The propeller sliced through her right leg, causing a laceration so severe that it cut to the bone and nearly caused an amputation.

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At least four people were pulled from the water Sunday afternoon after their boat capsized near Haulover Inlet in Miami, according to reporting from local media.

All four were found sitting on the overturned hull of their 25-foot boat around 4 p.m. The boat was found nearly seven miles short of Haulover Inlet.

No Injuries were reported in this incident though Miami-Dade Fire Rescue teams have taken this as the opportunity to remind boaters to check the weather conditions before setting out on the water, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. Additionally, boaters should ensure they have a VHF radio on board that is turned to channel 16 — the quickest way to radio for help if in distress on the water.

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