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<\/p>\nA father was killed and his 14-year-old son was injured after they were struck by a boat in what authorities said was a hit-and-run in Biscayne Bay Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
The Miami Beach Fire Department said crews responded to a water rescue at around 8:11 p.m. near 7970 Biscayne Point Circle involving a small vessel that was involved in a hit-and-run incident.<\/p>\n
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said the father and son were aboard a seven-foot dinghy in the Meloy Channel, near Indian Creek and Biscayne Pointe in Biscayne Bay, when they were struck by another vessel.<\/p>\n
The other vessel fled the scene, officials said.<\/p>\n
First responders were able to bring both victims ashore at a nearby residence and rush them to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n
The father did not survive. He was identified by the FWC on Thursday as 55-year-old Davide Veglia, of North Miami.<\/p>\n
His 14-year-old son remained hospitalized on Thursday with a broken arm.<\/p>\n
Two teens said they were doing landscaping work nearby and called 911 after hearing the son screaming for help.<\/p>\n
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The vessel that struck the victims is described as a dark blue boat with black bottom paint, 20\u201330 feet in length, with possibly four outboard motors. <\/p>\n
“‘Help, help, help.’ He said it like three times and the third time it just went silent. And right after that, it just went silent. We couldn\u2019t hear anything else and that right after a boat came super fast,” Samuel Londo\u00f1o said. “They took out the dad on a stretcher and then the kid, they carried him. The kid was holding his wrist because they said it broken. The dad went that way and the kid went that way.”<\/p>\n
Neighbors said they were shocked to learn about the hit-and-run.<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s so sad, really. Devastating, you think about your family,” said Pascale Padiou. \u201cCan you imagine that? You hit a small boat and then you leave? That\u2019s horrible.”<\/p>\n
Larry Schweiger said he’s seen close class before and on Wednesday night saw a small boat with lights off.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the sand bar last night around 8, 8:30, a small white dingy no lights on. It\u2019s very dangerous out here especially with a small boat because large boats will not see you,” Schweiger said. \u201cIt\u2019s very tragic, I have a young son who I bought the small boat for and safety is all I ever taught him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It was last seen between approximately 7:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m., heading northbound from the Meloy Channel in Biscayne Bay.<\/p>\n
Officials are looking for a dark blue boat with black bottom paint, 20 to 30 feet in length, with possibly four outboard motors in the hit-and-run. It was last seen heading northbound from the Meloy Channel in Biscayne Bay.<\/p>\n
FWC officers are asking anyone who witnessed the accident or anyone who may have video footage or information to call the Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father was killed and his 14-year-old son was injured after they were struck by a boat in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11671,123,125,124],"class_list":{"0":"post-208029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-biscayne-bay","9":"tag-miami","10":"tag-miami-headlines","11":"tag-miami-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}