27-year-old man dies after boat crashes into rock jetty in Punta Gorda, FWC says

A 27-year-old man died Friday night after Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said he crashed his boat into a rock jetty in Charlotte Harbor near Fisherman’s Village.

FWC said Nicholas Knowlton was driving a 22-foot vessel around 9 p.m. on Nov. 1 when the crash occurred. The agency said the impact ejected Knowlton from the boat.

Nearby good Samaritans and a Punta Gorda Police Department officer pulled Knowlton from the water and began performing lifesaving measure, but he did not survive…

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