Video shows boat crash near PortMiami that injured 13
One of the boat crash victims, a tourist from New York, was taking video for Instagram when she inadvertently recorded the impact. Credit: Mausner Graham Injury Law/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX
A Florida law firm representing four of the 13 people hurt when a Florida tour boat and vessel collided near PortMiami last month released video of the collision.
The 15-second clip provided by Mausner Graham Injury Law shows a tourist from New York taking a video for Instagram on Feb. 11 before inadvertently recording the impact.
In the beginning of the video, laughing can be heard, and the tourist appears happy to have their hair blowing in the wind while the tour boat operated by Thriller Miami Speedboat Adventures was speeding through the water. Music can be heard playing in the background.
The tourist then pans the camera over to the front of the boat, where more passengers can be seen before they look over and see another boat coming right towards them. Screams can be heard right before the crash that sends the cell phone tumbling.
13 HOSPITALIZED AFTER FLORIDA TOUR BOAT, VESSEL COLLIDE NEAR PORTMIAMI
"Our hearts go out to the victims of this terrible and frightening incident. This kind of boat collision should not happen. We intend to hold both vessels responsible," the law firm said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The video will be used as evidence to prove negligence in a pending civil lawsuit, WPLG-TV reported, adding that the other boat involved was a "43-foot luxury boat that the U.S. Coast Guard believes may have been operating as an illegal charter."
Thriller Miami Speedboat Adventures offer sightseeing experiences in "Miami vice style," the company's website says. (WSVN 7 News)
At least one of the 13 people taken to the hospital as a result of the boat crash was airlifted, WSVN-TV reported. (WSVN 7 News)
The website for Thriller Miami Speedboat Adventures says tours are for ages 3 plus, last 45 minutes and start at $45. It is said to be a "Miami vice style" tour that can give patrons an "an off-shore experience, covering three times the Miami area as compared to other tour vessels."
Neil Bayer, a man who says he is one of Thriller Miami's lawyers in the collision matter, said, "we have not seen any suit papers filed by anyone at this time so we cannot copy on any pending complaint," in an email to Fox News Digital.
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The family owned and operated company that has been in business for 18 years said in a statement through Bayer that it is "deeply saddened and shocked by the accident" that affected passengers, crew and "our own families."
"We understand that there is a lot of speculation and curiosity about the accident, but we ask everyone to refrain from making any assumptions until all the facts are established," the statement reads in part. "We trust that the investigators will conduct a thorough and fair inquiry and out of respect for that process, we will not comment on their investigation or our understanding as to how this incident occurred until it is appropriate to do so."
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