Two people were taken to an area hospital early Tuesday after a boating incident near the Gandy Bridge boat ramp.

  • 2 hurt in early-morning boat crash
  • Incident happened near Gandy Boat ramp
  • 2 taken to area hospital in unknown condition

According to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue and Florida Fish and Wildlife officials, two people were injured when their boat possibly hit a sandbar.

Officials have not released the extent of the injuries.

Multiple crews of emergency personnel waited on shore as two people were brought from the boat and taken to an area hospital.

The incident is under investigation.

In a separate incident, a woman was found by St. Petersburg police and FWC officials around 5 a.m.

Officials said the 40-year-old woman was on a boat with friends when an argument broke out. Officials said the woman told friends she would swim homw and then jumped off the boat. The woman was found safe on shore near where she left her friends.

That incident is under investigation as well.