Two teen girls were hospitalized after they suffered serious injuries in a personal watercraft crash in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. in the Intracoastal Waterway near the 2800 block of Northeast 24th Court.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said crews responded after receiving 911 calls of an accident involving a pair of personal watercraft. NBC6

The two teens were riding in tandem on one of the watercraft and were rushed to Broward Health Medical Center with life threatening injuries, officials said.

Their identities haven't been released.

Fort Lauderdale Police and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded to investigate the cause of the crash.

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