Third girl dies after sailboat and barge collision in Miami
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By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (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.
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By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (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.
A third child has died from injuries sustained in a Miami sailing camp barge collision, bringing total fatalities to three as Coast Guard continues its investigation.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a third child has died nearly a week after a barge struck and sank a boat during a sailing camp near Miami. All six people on the sailboat were pulled from the water after the collision, and four kids were rushed to a hospital, where two were pronounced dead last Monday.
