Two teen sisters were stopped on a personal watercraft by officers for a safety issue before the crash in Fort Lauderdale that left one of them dead and the other hospitalized, police said Friday.
The sisters’ identified by family members as 13-year-old Rachel Aliza Nisanov and Aviva Bracha Nisanov, were on the watercraft in the Intracoastal Waterway Tuesday afternoon when they struck a concrete dock, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said.
Rachel Nisanov was killed in the collision, where her sister was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
In a statement Friday, Fort Lauderdale Police officials said Marine Unit officers had contact with the teens prior to the crash…