Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials were investigating a Memorial Day boating incident in Tampa Bay.
Manatee County sheriff’s deputies assigned to the marine unit were called out May 31 for a capsized boat in the area on the water offshore of the Anna Maria City Pier.
The three people who were on the boat before it capsized were uninjured and good Samaritans were quick to arrive and fish them from the water, according to a police report.
Two MCSO marine units arrived moments later and took the displaced boaters to the 59th Street boat ramp while a Sea Tow unit righted the vessel for towing.
The cause of the accident was unknown when The Islander went to press.
— Amy V.T. Moriarty