Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Sunshine Key RV Resort and Marina Sunday afternoon after a person in the water was reportedly hit by a boat propeller.
Deputies and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded (and the Coast Guard was notified) to Sunshine Key Marina about 3:43 p.m. after a diver was reportedly struck in the leg. The patient was airlifted by Trauma Star to Jackson South Medical Center in Miami with non-life-threatening injuries.
The FWC is the investigating agency.