Boat captain pleads guilty in crash that killed three girls from Miami sailing camp
- A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter after a crash in Miami that killed three girls from a sailing camp.
- Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, was piloting a 25-foot (8-meter) tugboat pushing a construction barge across Biscayne Bay on July 28, 2025, when the barge slammed into a sailboat carrying a camp counselor and five girls.
- The 108-foot-long (33-meter-long) barge was loaded with construction debris, bringing its total weight to about 149 gross tons.
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- A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter after a crash in Miami that killed three girls from a sailing camp.
- Yusiel Lopez Insua, 47, was piloting a 25-foot (8-meter) tugboat pushing a construction barge across Biscayne Bay on July 28, 2025, when the barge slammed into a sailboat carrying a camp counselor and five girls.
- The 108-foot-long (33-meter-long) barge was loaded with construction debris, bringing its total weight to about 149 gross tons.
Sources: The Independent