Boat collision near Haulover Sandbar leaves Atlanta man behind bars

A man from Georgia has been arrested after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said he was driving a boat that collided with another vessel off the South Florida coast and then fled the scene over the weekend.

Officials said that the FWC was notified of a boat accident that had occurred near the Haulover Sandbar around 1 a.m. Saturday.

The FWC said a 39-foot Donzi, which was being operated by 42-year-old Daniel Lawson, of Atlanta, with multiple passengers on board, was involved in a collision with a 20-foot angler that had three people on board…

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