Florida’s increasingly crowded waterways had 694 “reportable” boating accidents in 2025, up from 685 in 2024, according to a ...

A new state report shows Florida recorded 694 reportable boating accidents in 2025, with officials pointing to increasingly ...

Drowning was the leading cause of death, with most victims not wearing life jackets.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida leads the nation in boating fatalities, according to the 2024 Boating Accident Statistical Report from the Florida Fish ...

Personal watercraft were a notable slice of that danger, with 161 reported crashes and 12 deaths involving PWCs. Those ...

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The Florida Legislature passed Lucy's Law. Lucy's Law awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature to become law. The bill stiffens penalties for boating infractions, but doesn't require mandatory education.

A Key West woman was struck and killed by a boat while she was scuba diving in the Florida Keys on Friday morning, according ...

Everyone born after January 1, 1988, must have a Boating Safety Education ID Card to legally operate a boat of 10 or more horsepower on Florida waters. So, as of this writing, if you are 37 or younger ...

An effort to impose stricter penalties on reckless boaters, spurred by a 2022 crash in the Florida Keys that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old girl, continued moving forward Wednesday in the ...