KEY WEST, Fla. – A Pennsylvania boater died Sunday after going overboard in the waters south of Key West, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
FWC investigators said Timothy Adam Christianson, 35, was operating the 24-foot Sea Fox with another man on board. The two were fishing at the time, about a half-mile off the coast.
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An FWC spokesperson said the boat hit a wave just before 10 a.m., knocking Christianson overboard and into the boat’s propeller, killing him.
“The vessel was in gear, at trolling speed, with no one at the helm,” an FWC investigator wrote in the report.
The incident remained under investigation as of Monday, authorities said.