Police on the island of Grand Bahama are investigating a boating accident which has left several people injured.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force states that 14 people (11 adults and three toddlers) were injured. Reports indicate shortly before 1 pm on Sunday, a vessel with 21 people onboard left Fortune Bay Drive en route to Grand Cay, Abaco, when the vessel collided with a sand bar, a half mile north of the Freeport Dock.
Several passengers were reportedly ejected from the vessel and subsequently retrieved from the water.
The passengers, all of Bahamian nationality, were assisted by another vessel and returned to Grand Bahama.
The injured, which included seven adult females, four adult males, two female toddlers, and a male toddler, were taken to the Rand Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Police are questioning the boat captain, a 53-year-old male of Grand Cay, Abaco, in connection with the incident.
Source- Caribbean Loop News
