{"id":789678,"date":"2026-07-28T17:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/789678\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:05:11","slug":"milania-guidice-friend-victoria-zardoya-dies-in-florida-ruins-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/789678\/","title":{"rendered":"Milania Guidice friend Victoria Zardoya dies in Florida ruins fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A 20-year-old New Jersey<\/a> woman died in Florida while vacationing with friends and touring historic ruins, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Victoria Zardoya, 20, died after friends said she fell while visiting Fort Dade on Egmont Key, Florida, on Friday.<\/p>\n

The remote island is located at the mouth of Tampa Bay and is only accessible by boat.<\/p>\n

Zardoya was a close friend of Milania Guidice, who is the daughter of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Guidice.<\/p>\n

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Victoria Zardoya, 20, died after her friends say she fell from ruins while visiting a popular tourist destination in Florida. (Victoria Zardoya Instagram\/Meta)<\/p>\n

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The Guidice family has been posting tributes and condolences on various social media platforms, E! News reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

A woman named Victoria Silberbusch, who said she was a friend of Zardoya, created a lengthy post<\/a> on social media detailing her account of the alleged incident.<\/p>\n

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Silberbusch said Zardoya fell from the ruins while the group of friends was on a boating tour of the island.<\/p>\n

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The group of friends was allegedly touring the ruins of Fort Dade on Egmont Key in Florida. (Getty Images: James Robert Smith)<\/p>\n

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She described Zardoya’s injuries as “brutal” and maintains that “no one hesitated” to jump into action to render aid to the victim.<\/p>\n

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Friends to Victoria Zardoya have been posting tributes to the victim on social media. (Victoria Zardoya Instagram\/Meta)<\/p>\n

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After the group called 911 and sent flares from boats, paramedics reportedly responded by boat and a medical helicopter flew the victim<\/a> to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n

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The victim reportedly died of her injuries two days later.<\/p>\n

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Victoria Zardoya was reportedly killed while touring ruins on Egmont Key, her friends claim. (Tinik)<\/p>\n

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“Victoria was never alone. From the moment she fell, every person there did everything within their power to help her,” Silberbusch said.<\/p>\n

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According to calls for service logs from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, it appears the agency responded to an incident on Egmont Key on Friday just before 5 p.m. and cleared out the event by 11:16 p.m. on the same day.<\/p>\n

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Fort Dade is a popular tourist destination for boating visitors on Egmont Key. (Getty Images: Jim Vallee)<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital has requested a copy of the incident report from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n