Broward County

1 injured after airboats collide during Memorial Day weekend in Broward

The patient was reportedly airlifted as a trauma alert to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood

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Video captured the aftermath of a boat crash involving a tour airboat and private boat in Broward on Sunday.

One person was airlifted to the hospital after two airboats collided in Broward County on Sunday.

Broward's Sheriff's Fire Rescue received a call about an airboat crash at Mack's Fish Camp around 10:30 a.m.

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Firefighters and Air Rescue responded to the scene where they quickly located a man with injuries.

The patient sustained significant lacerations to the side of his body and was airlifted as a trauma alert to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, according to Fire Rescue officials.

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The owner told NBC6 that airboats in that area all run in the same direction, and that the private boat was traveling the wrong way before colliding with the airboat tour.

A man on the private boat was ejected and later underwent surgery, while a family on the airboat tour sustained no injuries, the owner added.

The official cause of the crash has not been released.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has taken over the investigation.

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