21 injured after Everglades tour airboats collide | News – Home

Two airboats on a “safari” tour of the Everglades National Park collided, leaving 21 injured after a miscommunication Monday, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman said.

There were 48 passengers aboard the two airboats and two vessel operators. Some people fell into the water after the boats collided about three miles out into the Florida Everglades — home to alligators and boa constrictors.

“Seconds before impact we knew what was happening, so you just had to brace yourself and hold on,” Peter Brown, who was on one of the boats, said. “And once that happened, obviously there was lots of screaming.”