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One dead in boating accident on Coney Island

Police said emergency services treated one person for minor injuries while a 58-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the NYPD, one man is dead and three others injured after a boating accident occurred in Brooklyn waters Saturday afternoon. The NYPD’s Harbor Unit and FDNY officers received a report of a boating accident just minutes before noon. A small boat with three people on board collided with a jet ski near Avenue X and Gerritsen Avenue, police said. Two people were taken to Coney Island Hospital for treatment of their injuries. They are expected to recover, police said. Click here to read more on pix11.com.