Florida tugboat captain admits he was looking at phone when boat hit, killed 3 children

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A tugboat captain pleaded guilty after his distracted piloting caused a barge to fatally strike a sailboat, killing three children.

Federal prosecutors in Florida announced Thursday that a Miami tugboat captain pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter a after a barge he was operating ran over a sailboat occupied by children from a local sailing camp, killing three of them.

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