One Injured After Airboat Overturns In Everglades

[rick]

WEST BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- One person was injured when an airboat overturned in the Everglades on Monday evening.

The incident happened off Alligator Alley near Mile Marker 40, roughly a mile into the Everglades at about 8 p.m.

Authorities said an airboat carrying at least three people flipped over. One of the people was injured after apparently being struck by...

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[cowboy]

Man we need some water down here.
These dry conditions are really taking a toll.

Badbilly stuck.
Bravo stuck
The folks in the article above.

I still can't believe that a 21 yr old lost his life trying to walk out of Area 2.
That Family must be in really bad shape right now. I can't even imagine what they must be going through.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/14850026.htm

It's a shame that Country's what to do post got lost last weekend.

It was a good topic, and was gonna be a really good thread.

I don't think too many folks got to see it before it was gone.

Perhaps he can find time to re-type it.

 

[basketcase0302]

Cowboy,

Yeah, TOO much goin' on lately

Cntry, can you do that :dark1:

Basketcase

 

[MadSid]

I didnt think there was any water in the glades

 

[BATTLE READY]

Yes Area 3 is still very dry. I was out Sunday on the 4 wheelers in western Area 3. There was a buggy at the microwave canal swimming hole and he was headed to the pipe trail heading east toward Duck Camp. I do not know how far he made it but I have never seen it this dry before, for this long.

 

[cntry141iq]

Yeah we will get it back on here I am a little tired tonight but it will make it before the weekend. i have been weldin and fabricatin a new engine stand to try and hold my new chevy 265 hp crate motor I got from stans junkyard where he gets his cadillac motors, the darn thing came with roller rockers go figure huh. A fresh coat of paint an dit was lookin like a new motor.