EIGHT people were injured after a boating accident in Exuma on Monday.
According to a police report, the accident occurred shortly before 7pm in the area of Pelican Point, South Staniel Cay.
Police said that a cream-coloured vessel with twin engines was travelling north from Black Point towards Little Leaf Cay when it hit a rock on the southern point of Staniel Cay.
Three of the injured were taken to a local clinic for treatment and later discharged. The remaining five victims, inclusive of a man and four women, were airlifted to New Providence for further medical treatment.
An investigation into the matter continues.
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