Key West Boat Accident: 2 Dead, 10 Possibly Missing After Boat From Cuba Overturns In FL.: CNN

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-'Key West boat accident: 2 dead, 10 possibly missing after boat overturns in Florida,' CNN, 40 mins. ago.
By Amir Vera and Jamiel Lynch.

Two people are dead and 10 are still possibly missing after a boat overturned in 18 miles southwest of Key West, Florida.

The US Coast Guard rescued eight people Thursday afternoon around 1 p.m., the military branch said in a tweet.

Two bodies were discovered and crews are searching for a possible 10 people still missing.

When crews arrived on the scene there was no boat to be found, but those rescued said they were on a boat that flipped, said Petty Officer Jose Hernandez, a USCG spokesperson.

The Coast Guard has two cutters and other units in the area performing search and rescue operations for the people still missing in the water, Hernandez said...

More,
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/key-west-boat-accident-2-dead-10-possibly-missing-after-boat-overturns-in-florida/ar-AAKsAG9

- NBC2, '2 dead, 10 missing after boat from Cuba capsizes near Key West,
https://nbc-2.com/news/state/2021/05/27/2-dead-10-missing-after-boat-overturns-near-key-west/

The Coast Guard said that two people died in the incident that happened about 16 miles southwest of Key West. So far, units rescued eight people and recovered two bodies from the water at about 1 p.m. Thursday...