{"id":358842,"date":"2026-07-31T14:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/358842\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:07:18","slug":"federal-jury-set-to-deliberate-in-trial-over-2022-florida-keys-parasailing-death-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/358842\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal jury set to deliberate in trial over 2022 Florida Keys parasailing death \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal jury could soon begin deliberating in the trial of a Florida Keys boat captain charged in a 2022 parasailing incident<\/a> that left a woman dead.<\/p>\n

Daniel Gavin Couch is facing one count of seaman’s manslaughter in the death of 33-year-old Supraja Alaparthi.<\/p>\n

Alaparthi was parasailing with her 10-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew back on May 30, 2022, when the winds picked up and slammed them into the old Seven Mile Bridge west of Marathon, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said.<\/p>\n

With the parasail pegged, the boat captain cut the line tethered to the three victims, an FWC report said. They were dropped from an unknown height and were dragged through the surface of the water until the parasail collided with the bridge.<\/p>\n

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An arrest warrant said Couch and a crew member had tried to bring Alaparthi and the two kids down with the winch but couldn’t due to the strong winds.<\/p>\n

The warrant said after the impact, the parasail was draped over the top of the bridge with all three hanging from the bridge and Alaparthi submerged in the water.<\/p>\n

A good Samaritan in another boat responded and was the first to give assistance, cutting all three from their harnesses and placing them on their boat, the warrant said.<\/p>\n

The warrant said video footage taken by Alaparthi before the incident showed Couch was aware of the adverse weather conditions when he remarked that the waves were white capping and the clouds were too big.<\/p>\n

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Scene of a fatal parasailing crash at Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys on May 30, 2022.<\/p>\n

According to the federal indictment, Couch “engaged in misconduct, negligence, or inattention to his duties as captain, causing the death of a passenger.”<\/p>\n

If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Couch also faces a state manslaughter charge<\/a> in the incident, and that case is still pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A federal jury could soon begin deliberating in the trial of a Florida Keys boat captain charged in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,2472,29],"class_list":["post-358842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-keys","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358842","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=358842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}