Boater in fatal Florida crash blames ferry captain for being ‘distracted by dolphins’

Fuente: New York Post

The boater in a mass-casualty crash with a Florida ferry is blaming the other vessel’s captain for failing to have proper lighting — and for being “distracted by dolphins,” his lawyer told officials. Jeffry Knight has not been criminally charged for the caught-on-camera crash, in which his private boat collided with a Clearwater ferry with 45 people onboard Sunday night, killing one man and injuring 10 other passengers. He blamed the water taxi, operated by Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, for not having “the required navigational lights” — and for its crew being distracted by searching out sea life, Knight’s lawyer, J.