OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Two airboats collided with one another Friday afternoon in southwest Florida, injuring greater than a dozen folks, officers stated.
The airboats have been carrying a complete of 33 folks after they crashed in Ochopee, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of Miami, information shops reported. Sixteen folks have been transported to hospitals.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee is investigating the crash.
The crash came about at Wooten’s Everglades Airboat Excursions round 3 p.m., in accordance with a Fb publish by the Better Naples Hearth Rescue District. The enterprise affords airboat excursions by way of non-public Everglades grasslands, amongst different issues, in accordance with its web site.
Wooten’s Everglades Airboat Excursions didn’t instantly reply to an e mail in search of remark.
It was not instantly clear how the crash had occurred or the character of the passengers’ accidents.
