Man Killed In Freak Boating Accident
A man was killed and his son badly hurt, in a boating accident off the Brevard County coast.
It happened about six miles off shore from Port Canaveral.
Christopher Diaz of Oviedo was killed and his son, Christian Jensen, was badly hurt.
The two were apparently heading to shore when they collided with another boat carrying three Merritt Island men.
Diaz's boat capsized and both were thrown into the water. They were in the water for nearly a half hour before Good Samaritans and the U.S. Coast Guard arrived.
However, by then it was too late.
"You had the whole open ocean out there. The odds of two vessels hitting each other are slim to none. It's very rare that we have an accident like this take place," Lenny Salberg from the Fish and Wildlife Commission said.
So far, no one has been charged in the crash.
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