ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard is searching for a possible missing boater after a boat ran aground at about 1 p.m. Wednesday in Madeira Beach, Fla.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Sand Key, Fla., received a report from a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office marine unit who reported that a 48-foot Sea Ray, Makin Waves, ran aground on Madeira Beach with no one onboard.
A Coast Guard Station Sand Key 47-foot motor life boat crew, 25-foot response boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew are currently searching.