NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – New details have been released after five people were hospitalized Saturday night after a boat collided with a docked vessel near Maule Lake in North Miami Beach.
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they were notified of the crash around 8 p.m., which was caught on surveillance video.
They said preliminary information indicates a vessel with one operator and seven passengers struck a docked boat, ejecting everyone on board.
The operator, who authorities identified Monday as Gabriel Salauis, 52, along with a woman and three juveniles, were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Bram Fiebelkorn, who witnessed the crash, said he and other good Samaritans rushed to help those in need.
“We were more focused on helping the folks who were in the water,” he said. “We saw a lot of people just floating down the canal, and we did everything we could to help them out.”
The crash remains under active investigation and no other details were immediately released.
