The Rickenbacker Causeway with the Miami skyline in the background on August 27, 2025.
Pedro Portal
pportal@miamiherald.com
Two men were injured Thursday afternoon after crashing into each other while riding personal watercraft, according to Miami Fire Rescue.
The vessels collided around 2:30 p.m. near the Rickenbacker Causeway, said Lt. Pete Sanchez, a Fire Rescue spokesman.
Paramedics took the men, believed to be in their 30s or 40s, to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital out of caution, but they didn’t sustain serious injuries. Sanchez said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the crash.
Personal watercraft are one-to-two people vessels often referred to as Jet Skis, the brand name of a popular model made by Kawasaki.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware.