Boat crashes in Florida Keys channel. One woman was hospitalized, MCSO said
A woman was hospitalized after the boat she was on crashed in a Florida Keys channel Sunday afternoon, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.
The vessel crashed into the Harris Gap Channel Bridge on Sugarloaf Key around 3:20 p.m., the sheriff’s office said. Two people were on board.
Paramedics flew the woman to a mainland hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, said sheriff’s office spokesman Adam Linhardt.
The sheriff’s office released a photo of the boat with its center console pushed backwards.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the crash.
It happened in the same location a Chevy pickup truck drove off U.S. 1 into the water around 11 a.m. on Saturday. All three people in the truck escaped with minor injuries. The sheriff’s office said the driver may have fallen asleep.
