{"id":220643,"date":"2026-04-06T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220643\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:26:10","slug":"man-accused-of-fleeing-scene-after-striking-woman-with-personal-watercraft-in-biscayne-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220643\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of fleeing scene after striking woman with personal watercraft in Biscayne Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4XJSH67AW5E6HLJ56OA7ES2AXI.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/>Andy Vences (Miami-Dade Corrections &amp; Rehabilitation) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI  \u2014 A 34-year-old California man was arrested over the weekend by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers after he struck a woman who was swimming in Biscayne Bay with a personal watercraft, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/06\/atropello-a-mujer-con-moto-acuatica-y-en-vez-de-ayudarla-huyo\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/06\/atropello-a-mujer-con-moto-acuatica-y-en-vez-de-ayudarla-huyo\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the FWC, the incident happened at about 7 p.m. Saturday near Miami Marine Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers said the 21-year-old woman was swimming when she was struck by a personal watercraft being operated by Andy Vences. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers said Vences fled the scene without first trying to help the victim or calling 911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Video and witnesses, however, were able to help identify Vences as the operator of the personal watercraft to officers, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no excuse for leaving the scene of an accident,\u201d Miami-Dade County Area Captain Rafael Almagro said in a statement. \u201cI am pleased our officers were able to quickly apprehend the subject so that he can be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The victim\u2019s condition has not yet been released. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Vences was arrested Saturday evening on a charge of leaving the scene of a vessel accident involving injury without reporting it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Vences was booked at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after his arrest, but was no longer appearing in the online jail database Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FWC officers encourage anyone who witnesses a boating violation to report it by calling the FWC\u2019s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (888-404-3922) or submitting a tip online at <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/www.myfwc.com\/WildlifeAlert__;!!FfvXB3Q!nMFam2rFFYP2HQjLydvPpgjzlhAolmW49aeAbSfwdxV_S_yTd5so1GTPPHwKRV5oy4X84nclgt63h3l4fWdL61NP9Ojr$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MyFWC.com\/WildlifeAlert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandAndy Vences (Miami-Dade Corrections &amp; Rehabilitation) MIAMI \u2014 A 34-year-old California man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-220643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}