By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 8, 2018

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Officials say a second person has died after two personal watercrafts collided in Florida.

In a statement Tuesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said 42-year-old Alberto Portales Fernandez of Tampa was fatally injured when his watercraft collided Monday in the waters off Tampa with a watercraft driven by 41-year-old Helen Gore of Clearwater.

Fernandez died at a hospital Monday.



The wildlife commission said Gore was critically injured in the crash and died Tuesday at a hospital.

Authorities are investigating the collision.

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