MIAMI — A 17-year-old girl died Monday from injuries she suffered as a result of a tragic boating crash off the Upper Florida Keys the night before.
Lucy Fernandez, a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, was with 14 other people on board a 28-foot Robalo center console that crashed into a channel marker around 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Eleven other passengers were injured, three of them seriously and taken to area hospitals.
“Known for her smile, larger than life personality and signature laugh, Lucy was a joy to all who knew her,” Sister Carmen T. Fernandez, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy president, wrote in an email to students and parents Monday.