A man was struck and killed by a boat while spearfishing off the Florida Keys Friday afternoon, and police say the vessel driver did not stop. The incident happened around 1:15 p.m. off mile marker 39 near Big Pine Key, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which […]
A Palm Beach family is reeling following the disappearance at sea of Virgil Price III, a well-known freediver who went missing on Mother’s Day while exploring a World War II shipwreck off the coast of Jensen Beach. Mr. Price, 39, a former Palm Beach Day Academy student, was spearfishing with friends Sunday near the Halsey […]
A Canadian diver died Tuesday while spearfishing near a reef off Key West, according to Florida Keys deputies. Pieter Lodewikus Botha, 28, of Alberta was freediving with a group near Western Dry Rocks off Key West around 4 p.m. when he was found unresponsive on the sea floor, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday […]