Teen Dies After Boat Crashes Into St. Pete Dock: Reports

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A 15-year-old boy was killed and his friend injured after their boat crashed into a dock Sunday afternoon, according to multiple reports.

Collin Moorefield and Christian Tharakan, also 15, were thrown from their boat, a 18-foot Key West with a single motor, when it hit a dock near 4039 Bayshore Blvd. NE. in Shore Acres around 5:45 p.m., the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Neighbor Jonathan Carlon told Fox 13 that he jumped onto the boat to secure it after it crashed into his seawall, not far from where the boys were thrown from it.

"It was like something out of a movie, an unmanned boat going full speed at the seawall," Carlon said. "My immediate concern was I knew my wife and my daughter were outside. My daughter loves going on the dock."

At that point, he wasn’t sure how many people had been on the boat.

Tharakan, who was driving the boat, was recovered from the water first, walking away with minor injuries, WTSP reported. First responders and neighbors searched for Moorefield, who was eventually found by a kayaker and pulled from the water.

Both teens were brought to a local hospital, where Moorefield died from his injuries that night.