US EditionCoast Guard Begins Salvage Operation and Investigates Cause of Boat Collision that Killed Two Girls
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUL 29 – Two girls died and two others were critically injured when a barge struck a youth sailing camp boat, prompting a large rescue effort and ongoing investigation by authorities.
- Amid a youth sailing camp event, a barge struck a sailboat near Hibiscus Island, Miami Beach, Florida, capsizing it in Biscayne Bay Monday morning, officials said.
- Participating in a program operated by the Miami Youth Sailing Foundation, all six participants were in their last week of the Miami Yacht Club-run camp.
- Among those aboard, two girls participated in the summer sailing program in South Florida and died Monday after the barge hit their sailboat.
- Amid ongoing rescue operations, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Coast Guard continued investigating why a barge struck the sailboat in Biscayne Bay.
- Captured on camera, surveillance video showed the barge slamming into the sailboat off Miami Beach, Florida.
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US Coast Guard Sector Miami to Hold Press Conference on Hibiscus Island Collision
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami holds a news conference on the collision between a sailboat and a barge near Hibiscus Island at 4 p.m. ET on July 29. Expected speakers include Capt. Frank Florio III, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Miami, and spokespersons from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, City of Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue, Miami Dade County Fire-Rescue, Miami Beach Fire-Rescue, City of Miami Beach, and Miami Beach Poli…
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