Officials say the boating incident happened near Nixon Beach in Miami-Dade County.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) continues its search for a boat after a girl was struck and killed in Biscayne Bay on Saturday.
Officials say the boating incident happened near Nixon Beach in Miami-Dade County around 4:30 p.m.
The girl had been waterskiing before she was struck by a vessel, FWC said.
On the condition of anonymity, NBC6 spoke to a witness who offered a firsthand account of the tragic incident.
The witness also provided NBC6 a photo of the immediate aftermath, which captured what appeared to be gray yacht next to a police boat. The witness said the victim was waterskiing from the gray yacht.
According to the witness, the girl was in the water when she was struck by a large center console fishing boat. They said boat that hit the victim did not appear to swerve or slow down. Following the collision, the witness said they heard distress signals and screams over the radio coming from the yacht…
