The 32-foot Contender involved was located later that day in Key Colony Beach after Keys law enforcement put the word out on social media.
But details have not been released by state officials, leaving unanswered questions including whether a required diver-down flag was present or if the boat driver even realized he had struck someone before driving away.
Marathon City Manager George Garrett, in a radio interview and phone call with Keys Weekly on the morning of July 10, said there are questions remaining about the victim’s distance from his own boat and whether a diver-down flag was properly displayed, but Garrett emphasized the reports were not final.
FWC spokeswoman Arielle Callender also told Keys Weekly the reports were not yet available.
“Will share as soon as (reports) are available,” she wrote in an email.
The discourse on social media about the Big Pine boat accident ranged from outrage over the time of night that children were out on the water to people asking everyone to pray for the injured people and have patience awaiting FWC’s reports.
Was alcohol involved? Why were children out so late? How fast was the boat going? Comments and questions blaming all sorts of factors filled the threads.
Others asked for peace and patience while waiting for official investigative reports to be finalized and released.
The 32-foot Contender involved was located later that day in Key Colony Beach after Keys law enforcement put the word out on social media.
But details have not been released by state officials, leaving unanswered questions including whether a required diver-down flag was present or if the boat driver even realized he had struck someone before driving away.
Marathon City Manager George Garrett, in a radio interview and phone call with Keys Weekly on the morning of July 10, said there are questions remaining about the victim’s distance from his own boat and whether a diver-down flag was properly displayed, but Garrett emphasized the reports were not final.
FWC spokeswoman Arielle Callender also told Keys Weekly the reports were not yet available.
“Will share as soon as (reports) are available,” she wrote in an email.
The discourse on social media about the Big Pine boat accident ranged from outrage over the time of night that children were out on the water to people asking everyone to pray for the injured people and have patience awaiting FWC’s reports.
Was alcohol involved? Why were children out so late? How fast was the boat going? Comments and questions blaming all sorts of factors filled the threads.
Others asked for peace and patience while waiting for official investigative reports to be finalized and released.
“People just need to keep their negative thoughts and comments to themselves before the facts are displayed,” one commenter wrote. “We are all humans and make our own decisions in life, yet don’t have a reason to judge each other.”
“People just need to keep their negative thoughts and comments to themselves before the facts are displayed,” one commenter wrote. “We are all humans and make our own decisions in life, yet don’t have a reason to judge each other.”