Tugboat captain pleads guilty after looking at phone as barge killed 3 children
A Miami tugboat captain admitted he was looking at his phone when the barge he operated ran over a sailboat from a local sailing camp, killing three children. He pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter, federal prosecutors said.
Federal prosecutors in Florida announced Thursday that a Miami tugboat captain pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter a after a barge he was operating ran over a sailboat occupied by children from a local sailing camp, killing three of them.