One person was killed and two other injured after two boats collided Friday near the Coast Guard Station in St. Petersburg, according to authorities.

  • Two boats collided Friday night near the Coast Guard Station in St. Petersburg
  • One person died, two other injured
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife is conducting an investigation

Coast Guardsmen heard the collision just before 10 p.m. and a crew was launched immediately to provide assistance to the injured boaters.

At least five people were involved in the collision.

When St. Petersburg Fire Rescue arrived at the scene, one of the boaters was declared dead. A second boater was taken to Bayfront Medical Center in critical condition, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

A third boater from the second vessel was brought to the station. He was treated by members of the Coast Guard and then taken to Bayfront Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.

The other boaters were not injured.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the collision.