TAMPA, FL – A person who had gone missing after falling from a 20-foot boat during a crash Wednesday was found and subsequently declared deceased.
The boat collision, which left another person hospitalized, occurred on July 3 at around 4:15 a.m.
A preliminary investigation indicates that two people were traveling on the boat when, for reasons not immediately clear, the vessel hit a barge near Howard Franklin Bridge, according to WFLA.
Tampa Police, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) all responded to area, where the decedent’s body was recovered after a search.
The FWC, which is taking the lead on this investigation, has not released the victim’s name or provided an update on the hospitalized person’s condition.
New details will be provided as our newsroom learns more.
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