Skip to main content
Clear icon
63º

Woman dies when boat strikes anchored sailboat in Florida Keys

Sydney Cole, 24, died Friday

A woman died after a boat and an anchored sailboat collided on Friday night in the Florida Keys. (GOOGLE MAPS - Satellite View)

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 News 6 partner WPLG.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Sydney Cole was in the 21-foot Century Bay boat that struck an anchored sailboat.

Recommended Videos



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.


Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: