A 24-year-old woman from North Carolina died after a boat collided with a sailboat on Friday night in the Florida Keys. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Sydney Cole was in the 21-foot Century Bay boat that struck an anchored sailboat. The impact’s force ejected Cole, of Fuquay Varina, and the three others in Buttonwood Sound. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the three including a woman from Oakland Park who was injured. The search for Cole also involved the FWC, the National Park Service, and Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies. According to the FWC, a search team found Cole’s body and the cause of the crash remained under investigation on Saturday. The two in the sailboat from Yorktown, Virginia, were not injured.
Local 10 News Investigative Reporter Janine Stanwood and Assignment Desk Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report. The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.
