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Seven People Survive Airboat Crash, Alligators After Accident On Lake Washington In Melbourne

By  //  July 19, 2018

all seven people made it to shore safely

Florida Fish and Wildlife responded to a capsized airboat that crashed on Thursday sending seven people into the alligator-infested waters of Lake Washington in Melbourne. (WESH TV video image)

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA (WESH.com) – A group of people were rescued after an airboat crashed Thursday morning in an alligator-infested Brevard County lake.

It happened on Lake Washington near Melbourne.

Officials said seven people on board when the boat capsized.

A person on board at the time told WESH 2 News that the group waited for rescue on the hull of the overturned boat.

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