THE EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) - One person is dead after two airboats collided in a remote area of the Everglades in western Broward County.
The Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue responded to reports of a serious airboat collision south of Interstate 75 and west of U.S. 27 at approximately 6:19 p.m. on Friday.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said a 32-year-old from New Jersey, Alessandro Borgo, was a passenger on an airboat navigating the wetlands with two other people on board when they crashed into another airboat.
Borgo was injured.
Two Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopters were deployed to the remote location to find the victims and guide first responders into the difficult terrain.
A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Air Rescue helicopter airlifted Borgo out of the Everglades and transported him to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood as a Level 1 trauma alert.
Borgo later succumbed to his injuries.
Officers said no one else was injured.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
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