A boating accident late Saturday afternoon off Shell Island in Bay County claimed the life of a Tallahassee man.
Morris Hunter Miller, DOB 12/10/53, died when his 21-foot boat was flipped by a wave approximately 100 yards off Shell Island. A passenger, Archie White, DOB 10/24/65, also of Tallahassee, made it to shore and went for help.
Neither man was wearing a life jacket.
Miller's body was recovered around 6 p.m. He owned a plumbing business in Tallahassee and a part-time residence on Panama City Beach.
White was treated at Bay Medical Center in Panama City and released early Sunday.
Bay County, and most of the Panhandle, had been under severe weather conditions until a short time before the accident.
The accident is under investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
