A woman was killed and a man was left injured after they were tossed from a boat that circled back and struck them in the water.
Claudia Orellanes, 33, and Neil Schwabe, 54, were driving a 27-foot boat in Miami’s Biscayne Bay on Saturday when they lost control of the vessel, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC).
The pair was thrown into the water, and the vehicle continued to circle around without an operator before hitting them.
Video of the accident shows the vessel continuing to circle for several seconds before a police boat arrived to stop it.
Schwabe was quickly located and airlifted to a hospital to be treated for his injuries.
First responders could not immediately locate Orellanes, and a search and rescue effort was launched, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
‘Working alongside the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, fire crews conducted search and rescue operations for individuals reported in the water,’ said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Gregory Logue.
‘Divers were deployed apart of the effort.’
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A woman was killed and a man was injured after they were flung from this vessel, which turned around and struck them off the coast of Miami on Saturday
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Video of the accident shows the vessel spinning out of control for several seconds before a police boat stopped it. The police boat is pictured towing the driverless vessel
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The accident took place in Biscayne Bay (pictured), killing Claudia Orellanes, 33, and injuring Neil Schwabe, 54
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Orellanes’s lifeless body was eventually found and pulled from the water.
Investigators are working to determine the cause of the accident and have urged boaters to take certain precautions, as this was the second fatal boating accident in Biscayne Bay in just one week.
Logue told NBC Miami: ‘Ensure all passengers wear a personal flotation device. File a float plan, so someone knows your itinerary, and have your VHF radio on channel 16 for emergencies.’
The previous fatal boating crash took place on Wednesday, killing 55-year-old Davide Veglia, the millionaire CEO of ABTS Convention Services, a company that organizes meetings and exhibitions for medical associations worldwide.
Veglia’s 14-year-old son, whose identity has not been made public, suffered a broken arm in that crash, which was a hit-and-run.
The father-son duo were in a seven-foot inflatable dinghy when a much larger boat slammed into them around 8.30pm and fled.
The FWC previously told the Daily Mail that the vessel of interest was a Formula Boat between 40 and 43 feet long, with a quad Mercury L6 Verados, two-tone cowling paint and a white hull.
No suspect has yet been arrested or charged with the fatal hit-and-run.
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The accident on Saturday was the second fatal boating collision in Biscayne Bay in just one week. Davide Veglia, 55, (pictured) was killed on Wednesday, and his 14-year-old son broke his arm
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Veglia and his son were in a seven-foot inflatable dinghy when they were struck by this vessel which fled, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Two 16-year-old students from Miami Beach Senior High School who were doing yard work in the area witnessed the brutal collision.
Enzo Avelino, one of the teens, described the aftermath of the crash to CBS Miami as ‘really bad,’ describing how the son’s screams had alerted him to what happened.
‘The boy was holding his wrist and was like cuddled up into the stretcher,’ Avelino told the outlet.
He added that Veglia was ‘foaming at the mouth’ and ‘strapped down with an oxygen mask.’
Carlos Quintana, who rents Jet Skis out of the Crandon Park Marina, told NBC Miami that Biscayne bay is packed every weekend, which may have contributed to the two fatalities last week.
‘Usually very, very, very crowded, particularly on Bobby Beach and Marine Stadium,’ Quintana told the outlet. ‘I’m talking more than a hundred boats on each side.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to FWC for comment and additional details.
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