Tugboat captain in Biscayne Bay barge crash that killed 3 girls expected to change plea on manslaughter charge

MIAMI (WSVN) – Nearly a year after a boat crash in Biscayne Bay took the lives of three girls from a sailing camp, a tugboat captain involved in the wreck is headed back to court and expected to change his plea.

Yusiel Lopez Insua’s court appearance on Tuesday morning happens a week before the one-year-anniversary of the crash involving a tugboat and a sailboat off the coast of Hibiscus Island.

Lopez Insua, 46, was charged with seaman’s manslaughter back in March. In April, he pleaded not guilty…

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