HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Florida — A boat traveling dangerously close to the Hollywood Beach shore slammed into two divers Sunday morning before gunning its engines and disappearing. Both victims, a father and son, were quickly transported to hospitals nearby, according to Hollywood Fire Rescue. A third diver was not injured. Law enforcement officials are now searching for Karma, a 25-foot white boat believed to have struck the two and left the scene. According to Fire Rescue, lifeguards with the department's Beach Safety division spotted a boat making its way north about 200 yards from shore near Johnson Street at around 11:50 a.m. It was 100 yards too close, according to the division's Capt. Pat Hendrick. The boat approached a red floating diving flag, which alerts of divers in the water, Hendrick said. The boat then slammed into two divers: a man in his 40s and his teenage son. Lifeguards radioed for help, said Hendrick, who sent out a lifeguard on a jet ski. The lifeguard found the three conscious divers swimming near the flag, and two were injured. The third diver, a family friend, told lifeguards that the boat slowed down after hitting them. Then the man piloting the boat looked back and yelled ''sorry,'' according to investigators. The man gunned the engines, took a 45-degree right turn and fled into the ocean, investigators said. The man was described as heavy, shirtless and balding. Fire Rescue reported that the boat didn't hit the divers head-on but brushed against them forcefully. ''I think this guy knows he hit people,'' Hendrick said. ``Thank goodness the propeller wasn't involved.'' All three divers were taken to shore by jet ski, Hendrick said. The father was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital and his son was taken to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, according to Fire Rescue Capt. Guy Lanciault. Neither had life-threatening injuries. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission vessels are now searching for Karma. Agency officials are concentrating their patrols near inlets, waiting for the white boat to return to land. | 
