MIAMI — A California family has hired a legal team and is speaking out after a Florida Everglades airboat tour they were on ended in a collision with another airboat last week, leaving them with serious injuries.
David Tolson, his wife Pershonda, one of their sons and other family members were on one of the airboats during the Dec. 13 crash near Tamiami Trail. At least 16 people were hospitalized as a result of the incident. The family, alongside their lawyers, said in a press conference held Wednesday in Fort Myers that they suffered several injuries from the crash.
Pershonda Tolson, 41, suffered a severe concussion, multiple fractures and other serious injuries. David Tolson, 39, suffered five broken ribs and a broken arm, the family lawyers said.
Miguel Dominguez, of the Atlanta-based Dominguez Law Firm, and Louis DeFreitas, of the Florida-based Osborne & Francis Law Firm, are representing the family.
DeFreitas told reporters that he and Dominguez are cooperating with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), which is leading the investigation, to gather details and information for their own investigation so they can pursue claims for the injuries they say their clients suffered.