Source: CNN
Miami’s sailing community is “shattered by grief” after a third child died Sunday, six days after a sailboat and barge collision in Biscayne Bay, the Miami Yacht Club said.
The collision happened between Monument and Hibiscus Islands around 11 a.m. July 28. Five girls between the ages of 7 and 13, as well as a 19-year-old woman, went into the water, according to a Coast Guard news release.
The sailing vessel went under the barge after the collision, Petty Officer Nicholas Strasburg told CNN.
Two girls from the sailboat, ages 7 and 13, were declared dead on arrival at a hospital, and two others were in critical condition after their rescue, the Coast Guard said.
“It is with heavy hearts that Coast Guard investigators announce the passing of the 10-year-old child who was in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital,” the Coast Guard said in a statement Sunday.
The Miami Yacht Club said it and the Miami Youth Sailing Foundation were “deeply heartbroken” by the young sailor’s death.
The yacht club said it and the sailing foundation were working to support the families affected. “This is a tragedy that has touched not only the sailing community but everyone who cherishes our Bay and the young lives who brought such joy to it,” he said.
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