NATIONAL BRIEFING / FLORIDA
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Five people were killed and seven seriously injured when a 22-foot pleasure boat crashed into the rear of a docked tugboat near St. Augustine, authorities said.
The accident happened about 7 p.m. on the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Johns County, about 20 miles northwest of St. Augustine, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Joy Hill.
Three of the injured were airlifted from the crash site and all seven were taken to area hospitals, she said. Three of the injured were reported to be in critical condition.
Hill said it didn’t appear that anyone was aboard the 25-foot tugboat.
The Intracoastal Waterway runs along the state’s east coastline.
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