A woman was killed and two children were injured when their parasail slammed into a bridge in the Florida Keys after the captain cut the line tethering them to a boat, officials say.
A woman was killed and two children were injured when their parasail slammed into a bridge in the Florida Keys after the captain cut the line tethering them to a boat, officials said.
"Under normal parasailing operations, it is the operation of the vessel, in particular the speed of the vessel, that creates the wind to lift the parasail into the air. The operator of the vessel controls the height of the parasail by increasing or decreasing the speed of the vessel. This enables the parasail operator to safely conduct and control parasailing operations," the agency said in its report.
Alaparthi and the children dropped from an unknown height into the water and were dragged through the surface of the water by the inflated parasail, the commission said. The parasail then hit the old Seven Mile Bridge west of Marathon.
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