An American tourist is dead and nine others are injured after a boating incident off the coast of Barraterre in the Bahamas.
Reports say that just after 9 a.m. Saturday, a 40-foot chartered tour boat was traveling with 10 American tourists and two Bahamians when an engine exploded and the boat caught fire.
Ten people were taken to the small hospital in George Town. One woman died. Several others were airlifted to Nassau and Miami for further treatment.
The U.S. Coast Guard's Clearwater crew transported four people back to Florida.
The cause of the explosion is still under investigation by the Exuma branch of the Bahamas Police Force.
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