Authorities respond to airboat crash in the Florida Everglades

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities responded to reports of an airboat crash in the Florida Everglades Wednesday evening.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they were at the scene accessing several people that were on board at the time of the incident.

The incident was reported near the 40300 block of Southwest 192nd Avenue.

An MDFR spokesperson told Local 10 News that no one had been transported to the hospital following the crash.

Sky 10 flew over the scene where authorities were attending to multiple people and inspecting the overturned airboat.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.


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