Two people were killed and four others were injured on July 28 after a barge struck a sailing boat carrying a youth club off Miami Beach, Florida, authorities said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said its officers, along with federal and local law enforcement agencies, responded to a two-vessel boating accident in Miami-Dade County. Preliminary information indicates that a “barge struck a sailing vessel carrying six people” near Star Island, a man-made island in Biscayne Bay, according to the commission.
All six people on the sailing boat, including one woman and five children, were recovered from the water and transported to a local hospital for treatment, the commission said. Two were later pronounced dead at the hospital.
"We extend our deepest sympathies to the families affected by this heartbreaking loss," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement. "Our thoughts remain with them during this profoundly difficult time."
The Miami Yacht Club confirmed that the incident involved youth participants of the Miami Youth Sailing Foundation. The foundation was holding a summer camp, according to the yacht club's website.
