Vero Beach Teen Discovered Dead In Indian River Lagoon

December 4, 2016 Andy Hodges Inlet 0

15-year-old boy was thrown from a boat but did not come back to the surface
15-year-old boy was thrown from a boat but did not come back to the surface.

VERO BEACH – The body of a Vero Beach teen was found in the Indian River Lagoon after a boating accident Sunday morning.

At 11:00 a.m., a 15-year-old boy was thrown from a boat but did not come back to the surface.

After a search by the Indian River County Fire Rescue, Coast Guard, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Vero Beach Police Department confirmed the 15-year-old boy’s body was discovered Sunday afternoon.

The boy was thrown into the water when the boat he was riding in hit a wave while towing another person on a wakeboard, according to sources.

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Andy Hodges was born in Annapolis, Maryland. When he was age 9, his parents moved to Jupiter, Florida. Andy spent several years at various radio & television stations in Florida such as WLIZ, WFLX-FOX 29, WIRK, WIXI, WKSY, WRMF, and WJNO to name a few. In 1994, Andy made a career change to computer programming and worked for several technology companies (two are Fortune 500) in Atlanta, Georgia. However, Andy returned to Florida and settled in the small town of Sebastian in 2002. In 2005, he returned to the broadcasting news sector and eventually joined our news team in 2016 as editor in chief. Andy's family has lived in Sebastian for more than 45 years.

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