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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Bedigan

Miami tugboat captain charged over deaths of three girls in sailboat crash was distracted by cellphone, prosecutors say

A Miami tugboat captain who was charged over the death of three girls following a sailboat crash was distracted by his cellphone at the time of the tragedy, prosecutors have said.

Yusiel Lopez Insua, 46, of Miami, was driving a tugboat pushing a barge loaded with construction debris across Biscayne Bay on the morning of July 28 last year.

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