MIAMI (WSVN) - A South Florida boater accused of causing a deadly accident submitted a plea in court on Thursday.
Doral real estate broker George Pino pleaded not guilty to a charge of vessel homicide.
Officer bodycam from the deadly day shows Pino telling officers he drank two beers and did not want to take a blood alcohol test. But a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report filed immediately after the crash indicated alcohol was not a factor.
Pino is accused of operating a boat carrying 12 teenage girls and his wife on Labor Day weekend back in 2022. The boat crashed into a channel marker near Eliot Key in Biscayne Bay.
The crash claimed the life of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez and left 19-year-old Katerina Puig permanently disabled.
If convicted, Pino could face up to 15 years in prison.
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