A man is dead and a woman is missing at sea after a boating accident off Bimini on Thursday night.
Shortly before midnight, officers at the Alice Town Police Station received a distress call from a boater in the area of Turtle Rock – two nautical miles off Bimini.
Officers from the Marine Division stationed on the island were immediately dispatched and they located the 32 foot everglades boat with two injured occupants on board.
According to reports, the boat left Luna Beach en route to Honeymoon Harbour with two men and two women on board. A short time later the boat struck an object in the area of Turtle Rock and all four passengers were catapulted into the air. A man and woman fell overboard. The other two passengers sustained injuries and were transported to the Bimini Clinic for medical assistance and later air lifted to Florida.
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the United States Coast Guard conducted a search of the area which resulted in the body of the missing man being found at around 8.30am on Friday, however, the woman is still missing. Search and rescue efforts continue.
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B_I_D___ 4 years, 4 months ago
RIP and speedy recovery to all those involved...never have been comfortable running a boat at speed in the dark for just that reason...even if you miss all the rocks and your navigation is spot on, there may be some random object just floating about that you can't see. I've seen pictures of the damaged boat, must have been something hefty floating about...tore a good chunk of the hull out from the bow, below the waterline going aft.
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