Three Putnam County deputies injured after patrol boat cras…

Boating Accident Florida Today in Florida: Three Putnam County Sheriff's Office deputies were injured on June 5, 2026, after a training exercise on the St. Johns River near Wilson Cove went wrong. A deputy operating a 21-foot patrol vessel (Marine 3) at unsafe speed was ejected, and his unmanned boat began spinning out of control. Deputies in a second patrol vessel (Marine 2) attempted to bring the runaway boat under control, but the two vessels collided. All three injured deputies were treated at a medical facility; one received three stitches for a cut left ear and another sustained a left knee injury. FWC investigators cited the deputy driving Marine 3 for operating at an unsafe speed.