MIAMI — Testimony in day five of the George Pino trial is expected to continue on Friday.
Pino, 55, is facing manslaughter and vessel homicide charges in the death of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez.
Prosecutors accuse Pino, then 52, of being reckless when he lost control of a 29-foot Robalo boat in the early evening hours of Sept. 4, 2022 and slammed it into a channel marker near Boca Chita Key, killing Fernandez. Two other girls were seriously hurt, including 17-year-old Katerina Puig.
His defense team counters that the crash was merely an accident and not the result of negligence.
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On Thursday, jurors visited a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission facility in North Miami. They were escorted by deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and got a detailed look at the boat in question and could even board it to better understand the passenger positions of the girls on the day of the accident and where Pino was standing.
The jury members were able to see the exact location and the extent of the damage, giving them a different perspective from the videos and pictures they had seen in court court.
The field trip took about 40 minutes. They then went back to the courthouse after a lunch break.
There, jurors saw a drone view reenactment video ― produced by FWC and MDSO ― and underwater crash scene footage, among other pieces of evidence.
They also heard testimony from law enforcement officers.
“The vessel was overturned in Cutter Bank,” FWC Lt. Manuel Pomares said. “Cutter Bank is a narrow channel. I describe it best as a funnel.”
He added, “You really have to pay attention when you’re going down or through Cutter Bank.”
Pomares was part of a dive team that documented evidence with a GoPro camera.
“There’s a couple of Yeti type tumbler cups, and a couple of Trulys (hard seltzer) and a Bud Light can,” Pomares testified.
Proceedings wrapped up on Thursday evening and are expected to resume on Friday morning.
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