Three Putnam County deputies injured after runaway patrol b…

Boating Accident Florida Today in Florida: Three Putnam County Sheriff's Office deputies were injured on June 5 after a training exercise on the St. Johns River near Wilson Cove went wrong. A deputy operating Marine 3, a 21-foot patrol vessel, was not wearing a kill switch and fell overboard, sending his boat spinning unmanned. 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, and one received three stitches for a cut left ear. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued a boating accident report on the incident.