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.
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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.
Read more Boat crashes in Florida Keys channel. One woman was hospitalized, MCSO said

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