7 injured after 36-foot boat crashes into barge in water off Fort Myers

FORT MYERS FLA WSVN A -foot boat crashed into a barge looming in the water off Fort Myers leaving seven people injured with investigators working to determine the cause while spectators say the affair could ve been avoidable According to authorities five people including a child were seriously injured after the Sunday night crash All of them were taken to the hospital A local news outlet spoke with beachgoers who witnessed the aftermath of crash Unfortunately I saw that a lot of people were hurt so hopefully they re okay I don t know how fast they were going but they must have been moving at a pretty good clip if all those people go injured declared Jeff Skoog Skoog disclosed the giant barge is impossible to ignore so its surprising that a boat would have run into it Sometimes my wife says I miss the obvious but I think that would be tough to miss that s a big object out there he explained The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission mentioned the barge is stationary and is part of a dredging project in the area The conditions of the casualties has not been published