US EditionCaptain charged in boat crash that killed 3 girls from Miami sailing camp
Prosecutors said the captain was shopping online and failed to keep watch as the barge struck a stalled sailboat, killing 3 children.
- A Miami tugboat captain, Yusiel Lopez Insua, is facing manslaughter charges for a 2025 Biscayne Bay collision that killed three girls from a Miami Yacht Club summer camp.
- Prosecutors allege that Insua had an obstructed view and failed to maintain a proper lookout, resulting in the tugboat's barge striking a stalled sailboat carrying the victims.
- The victims were 7-year-old Mila Yankelevich, 13-year-old Erin Ko Han, and 10-year-old Arielle 'Ari' Buchman, who died days after the crash.
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A tug captain has been charged in connection with a fatal collision in Miami in which three girls died from a sailing camp, according to federal prosecutors on Tuesday. Yusiel López Insúa, 46 years old and a Miami resident, faces a charge of manslaughter of a sailor due to the July collision, according to a statement from the South Florida District Attorney’s Office. According to the office, Insua had no clear vision as the tugboat pushed a barg…
3 children killed in boat crash — operator now facing federal charges
A tugboat operator is facing federal manslaughter charges after his barge struck a sailboat in Florida’s Biscayne Bay last July, killing three children who were part of a local sailing program, PEOPLE reports.
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Captain charged in boat crash that killed 3 girls from Miami sailing camp
Federal prosecutors say a tugboat captain has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter in a boat crash that killed three girls from a sailing camp in Miami.
Tugboat operator in Florida crash that killed 3 kids at sailing camp was on phone, prosecutors say
The operator of a tugboat pushing a barge that T-boned a sailing vessel last year, killing three children on board, was browsing internet marketplaces on his cellphone at the time of the crash, prosecutors alleged Tuesday.
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