More than a dozen kids and parents were injured in an airboat accident in the Florida Everglades on Friday. We've learned that many of those individuals are from the San Francisco Bay Area. They were in Naples, Florida for a youth football tournament.
J.R. StoneABC7 News learned that many of the individuals involved in the Florida Everglades Airboat Tour accident were from the Bay Area.
Helicopter video shows the scene after two airboats, giving tours in the Florida Everglades on Friday, collided, injuring more than a dozen people. At least 16 people were hospitalized, according to emergency crews. Those from the team tell us that some of the victims are now back in the Bay Area, but around 3 or 4 people are still in the hospital.
We reached out to the airboat company to ask how something like this could happen but as of this broadcast they haven't gotten back to us. They did post a statement to their web site on Friday saying, "Wooten's Everglades Airboat Tours regrets that a collision involving two airboats occurred this afternoon." They went on to say, "All of us at Wooten's offer our sincere sympathies to everyone involved, and wish them a speedy recovery.
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