Overview
- The crash that killed 17‑year‑old Lucy Fernandez occurred on Sept. 4, 2022 when George Pino’s 29‑foot boat struck a channel marker near Boca Chita Key, prosecutors say.
- This week jurors watched graphic first‑responder body‑cam footage of frantic rescue attempts and also saw Pino’s own on‑scene statement to an FWC investigator describing a turn, a wave and a loss of control.
- Investigators used GPS trackpoints, speed metrics, a passenger seating chart and underwater GoPro footage to digitally recreate the boat’s path while jurors spent about 40 minutes inspecting the damaged vessel at an FWC facility.
- The defense portrays the collision as a tragic accident caused by a rogue wake and possible disorientation, and it highlighted that officers did not administer a sobriety test at the scene.
- The trial will resume Monday as jurors must weigh competing accounts about speed, direction and impairment to decide whether prosecutors proved criminal recklessness that could carry decades in prison.