Cause of death revealed for girls killed in sailboat crash near Miami Beach

The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department released Thursday the cause of death for two girls killed in Monday’s sailboat crash off Miami Beach.

According to the medical examiner’s report, 7-year-old Mila Yankelevich and 13-year-old Erin Ko Han died from accidental drowning.

The two girls were among five campers and a camp counselor who were on the sailboat when it was struck by a barge in Biscayne Bay, between Hibiscus Island and Monument Island, authorities said. The sailboat was dragged under the barge which had a crane on top and what appeared to be pilings for a dock…

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