Officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continue to investigate a crash that injured the occupants of a boat at approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, October 2, 2022.
At around 4 a.m., personnel from the USCG Sector St. Petersburg were alerted of someone yelling help in the area of their station. The crew got underway to look for anyone in possible distress.
The crew quickly encountered a vessel with serious damage, off the rocks at Albert Witted airport. Two victims were located in the water against the rocks. The USCG was able to transfer crew members onto the rocks to tend to the injured victims until fire and paramedics could access them. There were reports that a third victim reached land at the Albert Whitted seawall.
The remaining USCG crew members on the boat then went back over to the boat to shut off the engine that was still running.
All least two of the injured victims from the boat were transported to Tampa General Hospital with traumatic injuries.
No further information is available at this time.