Boating accidents in crowded Biscayne Bay near Miami have claimed the lives of two Floridians, including a Miami insurance agency customer representative and the CEO of a medical conference services firm.<\/p>\n
Multiple news sources reported that Davide Veglia, 55, of North Miami, was killed in a hit-and-run incident when a speed boat collided with a dinghy that Veglia and his son were on last week. Veglia\u2019s 14-year-old son was injured.<\/p>\n
Video footage captured shots of the boat, and authorities are looking for the owner and driver of a 40-foot cabin cruiser, the Miami Herald reported<\/a>. Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission authorities had located the boat by Tuesday but no arrests had been made.<\/p>\n Veglia was head of ABTS Convention Services, which he founded in 1995. The firm provided services to physicians traveling to medical conferences around the world.<\/p>\n The same day, Claudia Balmaseda Orellanes, 33, a 2023 Cuban immigrant who was working as an insurance customer rep, died after she and the driver of a 27-foot boat were thrown into the water.<\/p>\n Witnesses said the boat began spinning out of control and struck the woman near a popular sandbar gathering spot, news sites reported<\/a>. The driver of the boat was injured and was treated at a local hospital.<\/p>\n Florida Department of Financial Services records show Balmaseda Orellanas was licensed as a customer rep in 2023, and had worked at Univista Insurance, a multi-line insurance agency with offices in Miami.<\/p>\n