Solo-Boat Incident Leaves One Dead, Five Injured In Key West Run

[Speed on the Water]

Tragedy struck with Key West less than 10 miles away, https://www.speedonthewater.com/solo-boat-incident-leaves-one-dead-five-injured-in-key-west-run/

 

[fund razor]

"Yesterday’s 120-plus-boat Key West Poker Run fleet went without incident for all but the last 10 miles."

Wow. I can't even...

 

[fund razor]

OMG. This looks bad.
http://https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article295244219.html

 

[Ratickle]

Yeah, it is terrible. She had a severe head injury. Talking to one of the people who knew her, she was a great and beautiful girl.

From what I was told, the boat was running around 80 in a narrow channel area, got just outside the channel into shallow water, the outside engine or engines hit bottom and violently caused the boat to almost stop but hooking sideways.

 

[fund razor]

All of the news reports call it a "race."

This won't be good for poker runs.

 

[Ratickle]

It is really odd that an experienced boater would be going 80 with a boat load of passengers in a narrow channel. I don't get it, I'm guessing more will come out.